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ENLARGED AND IMPROVED EDITION 

GOODRICH'S SCMOL Jra^RY 

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UNITED STATES. 

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PREFACE 



The author having recently revised his School Histo- 
ry of the United States, herewith presents a series of 
Questions adapted to the work, in its present improv- 
ed form. This he has done from two considerations, 
1. That the method of teaching by means of written, or 
printed Questions, greatly diminishes the labor of the 
teacher, Avhile it serves as a guide and assistant to the 
pupil; and, 2. that the ' Questions and Supplement to 
Goodrich's History,' prepared by the late Rev. Joseph 
Emerson, are of no further use — his ' Supplement' being 
superseded by an enlargement of the text — and his ' Ques- 
tions,' by reason of various alterations and additions to 
the History, being no longer adapted to the work. 

The plan adopted in the present system is extremely 
simple. The Questions are distributed into Periods and 
Sections, corresponding to the periods and sections of the 
History. Those questions which answer to the smaller 
type are designated by the character §. According to this 
plan, the sections may easily be divided into lessons of 
convenient length, and the pupil may go through the His- 
tory, at first attending only to the larger type; and, on a 
second course, may attend to the smaller type, and the 
Miscellaneous Questions. 

These latter Questions are, in each case, framed upon 
the Period immediately preceding. They are, in some 
•ases, only a repetition of the questions, which the pupil 
lias answered, while studying the text; but in a varied 
and irregular form. Other and more general questions, 
however, are interspersed, designed to exercise the skill 



and judgment of the pupil, and to test the fidelity, with 
which he has attended to the study of the History. 

In the sequel, will be found a Plan for a General Re- 
view of the History, which the Author believes, experi- 
ence will pronounce to be peculiarly valuable, for the 
purpose for what it is designed. It admits of being limit- 
ed to the prominent events, &c. of the History, or extend- 
ed to greater particularity, according to the age, skill, 
and taste of the pupil. 

Similar tables may be constructed in relation to Arts 
and Manufactures — Trade and Commerce — Colleges, &c. 

The necessary explanations for reducing the Plan ot 
Review, here alluded to, to practice, will be found to 
precede the Outline Tables. 



QUESTIONS, &c, 



INTRODUCTION. 

1. Of what does history set 
before us striking instances ? 
By what does it incite us to 
imitate such noble examples? 
With what pictures does histo- 
ry present us ? Against what 
does it warn us ? 

2. What is history the school 
of? What springs does it open ? 
What influence does it point 
out ? What blessings does it 
illustrate ? — What miseries ? — 
What dangers ?— What mis- 
chiefs ? 

3. What dealings does histo- 
ry display ? What does it call 
upon us to regard with awe? 
What emotions does it awaken? 
On .whom does it lead us to de- 
pend ? What does it strengthen ? 
With what conviction does it 
impress us ? 

4. How does the study of his- 
tory affect the imagination ? — 
the taste ? For what does it 
furnish matter ? Of what does 
it enlarge the range? What 
does it strengthen and disci- 
pline ? 

5. What is the first reason 
why the history of the United 

States should be studied ? 

what the second ?— third ?~ 
fourth F— fifth ? 



GENERAL DIVISION.— p. 3. 

Into how many periods may 
the history of the United States 
be divided ? 

For what is period first dis- 
tinguished ? When did it com- 
mence ? When did it end ? 
How long is it ? — 

JS'ote. Questions similar to 
the four last may be asked on 
each of the following periods. 

PERIOD L— p. 8. 

Sec. 1. To what nation be- 
longs the honor of first making 
known to the people of Europe 
the existence of a western con- 
tinent? To what individual? 

§ After his discovery, what 
other nations laid claim to this 
honor ? What did the Welsh 
maintain? What was it, that 
Modoc probably did discover ? 
Why is this probable ?— Upon 
what were the pretensions of 
the Norwegians founded ? — 
What country did Bion proba- 
bly discover? Why is this 
probable? When did his dis- 
covery first excite attention? 

2, in what year did Colum- 
bus commence his first voy- 
age ? What month ? What 
day ? From what port ? Un- 



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der whose patronage ? With 
how many vessels .'' How ma- 
ny seamen ? What island did 
he first discover? When? 
What name did he give to it ? 
By what name is it known on 
English maps ? To what clus- 
ter does it belong ? What 
other islands did he discover 
during this voyage ? 

§ Where was Columbus 
born ? When ? Who was his 
father? How many brothers 
and sisters had he ? What is 
said of his early education? 
At what age did he first go to 
sea ? At what age did Jie visit 
Lisbon ? Whom did he marry ? 
Where did he fix his resi- 
dence ? 

With whom did he reside? 
What privileges did his mother- 
in-law allow him ? With what 
enterprise did he thus become 
acquainted ? What belief did 
he adopt ? What facts confirm- 
ed his belief? 

Under whose patronage did 
he first offer to sail ? To whom 
did he next apply ? To what 
republic next? Finally, where 
did he go ? By what route ? 
In Spain, where do we first 
notice him? Who was with 
him? What took place be- 
tween him and the Prior of 
the convent? How did the 
latter assist Columbus ? What 
was the success of his applica- 
tion ? How did the Queen de- 
fray the expense ? 

What sort of vessels were 
those of Columbus? What 
were the names of the two 
smallest ? What the name of 
the largest ? How many mari- 



ners were on board ? How 
many persons in all ? 

Which way from Palos did 
Columbus sail ? What islands 
did he touch at? What direc- 
tion did he take thence ? 

When did the indications 
of land become very strong ? 
From this, what measures did 
Columbus adopt? What did 
he promise ? Where did Co- 
lumbus take his station? What 
is said of the state of his mind? 
What first attracted his atten- 
tion ? Whom did he consult ? 
Whom next? What did Co- 
lumbus think of these indica- 
tions ? 

When was the signal of land 
made ? From which vessel ? 
By what mariner? Who re- 
ceived the promised reward ? 
On the following morning, what 
did the Spaniards see before 
them ? What did Columbus 
now do ? What sort of inhab- 
itants did they find on the 
island ? What other islands 
did Columbus discover? 

What occurrence befel Co- 
lumbus on his return ? During 
the storm, what did he do? 
Why ? When did he arrive in 
Spain ? To what honor was he 
entitled for this discovery ? By 
whom was he robbed of it ? 
Who was Americus Vespucius ? 
Why was the continent called 
after him ? 

When did Columbus first dis- 
cover the continent ? At what 
point ? Did he know the fact 
at the time ? To what office in 
the new world was Columbus 
appointed? How was he de- 
prived of it ? In what manner 



was lie sent back to Spain? 
Wliat did the king do on his 
arrival ? Did he make any other 
voyacres ? When did his death 
occur? What hastened that 
event? What were his last 
words ? Where was the body 
of Columbus deposited? To 
what place removed ? Where, 
a second time ? Where, a third 
time ? . 

Was Columbus acquainted 
witii the grandeur of his dis- 
covery ? What idea had he of 
it? 

3. What effect had the dis- 
covery of Columbus upon the 
nations of Europe ? When did 
the Cabots make their voyage 
of discovery? Under whose 
patronage? What island did 
they discover ? What did they 
call it ? What other discoveries 
did they make ? By what route 
did they return to England ? 

§ Who was John Cabot? 
What did his squadron consist 
of? By whom were they 
freighted ? What is said of 
thei'r discovery of the continent? 
What is said of the extent of 
their voyage ? 

4. When did the French first 
attempt discoveries ? Who this 
year made a voyage of discov- 
ery ? Under whose patronage ? 
What coast did he explore ? 
What country did he examine ? 

§ At what point do some say 
that Verrazano first made the 
American coast? Where do 
others place his approach ? 

Give an account of his voy- 
age subsequent to his arrival ? 
What is related of his second 
voyage ? 



5. In what year did James 
Cartier make a voyage ? Who 
commissioned him ? What 
island did he visit ? What gulf 
did he discover ? What is said 
of his voyage the following 
year ? 

§ During his first voyage^ 
how many ships had he ? How 



many men ; 



When did he dis- 



cover Newfoundland ? Which 
way did he sail from this? 
What course did he afterwards 
pursue ? During his second 
voyage, what island did he 
reach ? What Indian settle- 
ment did he find ? What name 
did he give it? What city 
thence derives its name ? Dur- 
ing a third voyage, what did he 
build ? What was the fate of 
his colony ? 

6. When was the river Mis- 
sissippi discovered ? How long 
after the St. Lawrence ? By 
whom ? During what expedi- 
tion ? 

§ What was Soto in search 
of? When did he begin his 
tour north-east? What rivers 
did he cross ? What course did 
he then pursue ? What befel 
him ? What became of his fol- 
lowers ? 

7. In what year did Sir Wal- 
ter Raleigh send an expedition 
to America ? Who commanded 
it ? What sound did they enter ? 
What island did they reach? 
What did they do at this place ? 
What name was given to this 
part of the country ? By whom? 
Why ? 

§ Who before Raleigh had 
twice attempted a settlement in 
the new world ? With what 



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success ? What befel Sir Hum- 
phrey ? What did Sir Walter 
attempt in 1585 ? What became 
of his colony ? What took 
place the following year ? What 
became of this colony ? 

8. When did JJartholomew 
Gosnold make a voyage ? What 
did he discover ? Wiiat has the 
promontory since been called ? 
Why ? 

§ What is said of Gosnold's 
route ? How long was he in 
making the voyage ? What two 
islands did Gosnold discover 
soon after ? On which of these 
islands did he begin a settle- 
ment? Why was it abandoned? 

9. What was North America 
at the arrival of the first set- 
tlers ? What wild beasts inhab- 
ited the forests ? What were 
the natural productions of the 
soil ? 

10. By whom was the coun- 
try inhabited ? What can you 
say of their number? 

What of their personal ap- 
pearance ? — complexion ? — con- 
stitution ? What of their gene- 
ral character ? For what were 
they distinguished in council ? 
— in war ? How did tliey ap- 
pear when angry? What is 
said of their revenge ? If cap- 
tured, what was their conduct ? 

§ What is said of their 
books ? To what was their ed- 
ucation confined? What is said 
of their language ? What com- 
positions had they ? 

To what were their arts and 
manufactures confined ? What 
articles for eating did they 
raise ? 

What was their skill in med- 



icine ? When they knew no 
remedy, to whom did they ap- 
ply ? By what means did he 
attempt to cure ? What is said 
of diseases among the Indians? 

What is said of the employ- 
ments of the men ?— of the wo- 
men ?— of the amusements of 
the men ?— of the women ?— 
what of their dress in summer ? 
—in winter? What of their 
regard to ornaments ? What did 
their Sachems wear on days of 
show and festivity ? What ob- 
ject did they aim at in painting 
themselves? What was their 
sign of royalty ? 

What were their habitations 
called? How were they con- 
structed ? 

Can you mention some ot 
their domestic utensils ? On 
what did they sit, eat, and 
lodge ? What did they use m~ 
stead of knives ? What instead 
of twine ? What for fish-hooks ? 

What did their food consist 
of? How did they cook it ? 

What was their money ? 
What was the difference be- 
tween the wampum of the New 
England Indians, and that of 
the six nations ? For what pur- 
pose was a belt of wampum 
sometimes given ? 

What was the general char- 
acter of the men? What is said 
of the condition of the women? 
In what did their principal en- 
joyment consist? 

What was their favorite em- 
ployment ? What were their 
offensive weapons ? — what their 
defensive weapons? In what 
manner did they attack their 
enemies ? How did they gene- 



rally treat prisoners ? How 
were treaties ratified ? 

Wliat was their government ? 
Whose decisions were final ? 
Who sometimes determined 
upon war and peace ? By what 
means were counsellors enabled 
to remember the speeches that 
they had heard ? 

How many principal gods did 
they acknowledge ? Which did 
they consider the superior? 
Which did they worship ? Of 
what did they form images of 
these ? What homage did they 
pay them ? What else did they 
worship? What was their 
manner of worship ? What of- 
ferings did the Virginia Indians 
make to their gods ? Of what 
events had they traditions ? 

What is said of marriage 
among them?— what of polyga- 
my ? 

What was their treatment ot 
females ? How were they con- 
sidered ? 

In what manner did they 
bury their deceased friends? 
What articles did they bury 
with them? What did they 
raise over the grave ? In what 
posture did some bury the 
dead? Towards what point 
of compass were their faces 
placed ? What took place dur- 
ing the burial ? 

Whence did the Indians come 
to America ? Why is this opin- 
ion most probable ? Could they 
have emigrated from the east- 
ern continent ? 

11. What in the conduct of 
Columbus should we emulate ? 
What may we hope to accom- 
pUsh by means of these ? In 



what career should we press 
forward ? What should we aim 
to accomplish ? 

What should moderate our 
expectations of re ward on earth? 

To what results do small ac- 
tions sometimes lead ? 

For what will the name of 
Americus Vespucius ever be 
stigmatized ? 

Miscellaneous Questions on 
General Division and Pe- 
riod I. 

1. Into how many periods 
may the history of the United 
States be divided ? How may 
each be distinguished? For 
what is period first distinguish- 
ed ?— second ?— third ? &c. to 
the twelfth? Which is the 
longest period ? Which next? 
What five periods were each 
eight years ? What two periods 
were four years each? How 
long was it from the discovery 
of America to the battle of Lex- 
ington ? 

2. What part of the new 
world did Columbus first dis- 
cover ? Did he ever discover 
the continent? What part of 
it ? Had any one discovered it 
previously? Who? What part? 
Who patronized the voyage of 
Columbus? Do you recollect 
any thing about the convent 
Santa Maria de Rabida? What 
port did Columbus sail from ? 
In what direction? What 
islands did he touch at ? Which 
way did he sail from the Cana- 
ry "Islands ? How many ves- 
sels had he ? Names of them ? 
By how many seamen manned ? 



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From which vessel did a signal 
gun announce the discovery of 
land ? When was this land 
discovered r 

3. Where did Columbus die ? 
Where do his remains rest ? 
Where is Cuba ? What do you 
recollect of Americus Vespu- 
cius ? Relate the story of the 
voyage of the Cabots ? Where 
is Palos ? In Spain, near the 
south-east corner of Portugal. 
Which way from Jamestown ? 
Exactly east. Who first dis- 
covered the Mississippi river ? 
Who discovered Cape Cod.? In 
which of the United States is 
Cape Cod ? Who discovered the 
Gulf of St. Lawrence ? When 
did Virginia receive its name ? 

4. What is meant by the abo- 
rigines of a country .-^ What 
were the Aborigines of Ameri- 
ca called ? Why called Indians.' 
Whence did the Indians come 
to America .'' What was their 
appearance ? What was their 
money called ? What gods did 
they worship ? Amusements ? 
Habitations ^ Domestic uten- 
sils ? Agriculture ? When sick, 
to whom did they apply ? 
Arts and manufactures ? Dress .' 
Favorite employments .'' 

PERIOD II.— p. 26. 

For what is period 11. dis- 
tinguished ? When did it com- 
mence ? When did it termi- 
nate ? Length ? How much 
longer is the first period than 
the second ? 

Sec. 1. What is said of at- 
tempts to effect settlements in 
^orth America, prior to 1C07 ? 



§ What reason may be as- 
signed for the fiiilure of these 
several attempts .'' Why did not 
the sovereigns of Europe pat- 
ronize them .'' What advantage 
resulted from these attempts ? 

2. In what year was the first 
permanent settlement made in 
North America ? By what colo- 
ny .'' What was its number.' 
Where did they settle ? What 
did they call the settlement ? 

3. In honor of whom did they 
give it tills name ? To what 
companies had he granted lands 
inlGOG.? What lands.? What 
was the southern part of these 
lands called ? What the north- 
ern ? 

§ Of whom did the London 
company consist ? What au- 
thority was granted them ? 
What right vested in them ? 
Of whom did the Plymouth 
colony consist ? What lands 
were granted to them ? What 
right was vested in them ? How 
near to each other might they 
fix settlements.? 

4. What company settled 
Virginia ? Who commenced 
the expedition.? When was 
the government formed .? Of 
what was it to consist .? In 
what manner were their names 
concealed .? 

§ Where did the colony in- 
tend to settle .? Why did they 
not settle there .? What bay did 
they enter .? Between what 
Capes .? 

On their arrival, what is said 
of their code of laws .? Of whom 
did their council consist.? Who 
was president .? 

What enterprising magistrate 



m you mention ? What is 
lid of him while in jouth ? 
1 what countries had he trav- 
lled ? 

In whose service had he en- 
sted ? Wliat is said of his 
ravery ? What is said of 
irn at the siege of Pvegal ? 
^hat challenge did he accept? 
[ow did the comhat result ? 

Who sent a second challenge? 
li^hy ? How did this combat 
ad ? Who next sent a chal- 
:nge ? Who accepted it ? How 
id this combat end ? 

What became of Smith after- 
ards ? On being sold, what 
as he required to do ? Whi- 
ler did his mistress send him ? 
i^hy ? How did his master 
eat him ? What course did 
mitli take to effect his escape? 
Vhere did he flee ? Through 
'hat countries did he travel ? 

On his arrival in England, 
'hat project was occupying the 
ublic attention ? For what 
'as Smith prepared in refer- 
nce to this project? Did he 
ngage in it ? To what office 
'as he appointed ? How was 
e treated on the voyage ? 
Vhy ? 

How was he treated on his 
rrival ? How did he requite 
\e ill conduct shown him ? 
Vhat is said of his trial r How 
id it terminate ? 

What did he now attempt ? 
Vhat river did he ascend ? 
Viiat became of some of his 
arty ? By whom was he pur- 
ued ? Whom did the Indians 
ill ? Whom did they wound ? 
Vhat expedient did he adopt to 
revent the Indians killmo- 



him ? How came he to be 
taken ? 

Hov/ did he avert immediate 
death ? What did the savages 
soon do? Why did they not 
kill him ? To whom did they 
conduct Smith ? Who was 
Pohatan ? 

What was the decision of 
Fohatan and his council ? Why? 
In what manner was Smith to 
be killed ? By what singu- 
lar circumstance was he res- 
cued ? 

In what manner was Smith 
conducted to Jamestown? How 
long had his captivity been ? 

What design was entertained 
in 1609 ? How was it prevent- 
ed ? What became of Poca- 
hontas ? Wlien did she die ? 

5. What is said of the condi- 
tion of the colony soon after its 
settlement ? What of the coun- 
cil? What of provisions? What 
of the neighboring tribes of In- 
dians ? What of the public 
health ? 

§ What is said of their con- 
dition by the middle of July ? 
What, at the end of the month? 
What distinguished men died? 
What was the conduct of the 
president ? Who was elected 
in his stead ? What is said of 
his abilities ? Upon whom did 
the weight of government fall ? 

How was the condition of the 
colony improved ? By whose 
arrival soon after ? 

6. When did the London 
company obtain a more ample 
charter ? Who was appointed 
governor ? For what time ? 

§ What was the company 
soon styled ? What territory 



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was granted to them, as their 
own property ? 

7. Whom did Lord de la War 
dispatch to America ? How 
many sliips ? How many men ? 
What is said of eight of these 
ships '' What befel the ninth ? 

§ How many persons were 
on board of her? How did they 
effect their escape ? By what 
means did tliey reach Virginia? 

8. In what condition did Sir 
Thomas find the colony? What 
had become of Captain Smith ? 
What evils followed his depar- 
ture ? What is said of the fam- 
ine which prevailed ? What 
was now resolved upon? Wliom 
did they meet ? What course 
did they pursue ? What is said 
of Lord de la War's manage- 
ment ? 

§ Why did Lord de la W^ar 
leave the government? When? 
Who succeeded ? Hitherto, 
how had the produce of labor 
been disposed of? What evils 
resulted from this ? How were 
these evils remedied? 

9. Who erected a fort on 
Hudson's River ? Where ? In 
what year ? What were erected 
on the island of New York ? 
What was this island then call- 
ed ? 

§ After whom was Hudson's 
River called? In whose service 
was he, when he discovered it? 
In what year ? 

Who laid claim to the coun- 
try ? Why ? Who disputed 
the Dutch claim ? On what 
grounds ? Who settled Manhat- 
tan ? Who seized the country ? 
On whot grounds ? What did it 
still continue to be called ? 



How long did they retain these 
names ? 

10. Whence did New Eng- 
land receive its name ? In 
what year ? After whom was 
Cape Ann called ? 

11. What memorable event 
occurred in 1619, in respect to 
Virginia ? 

§ Who called the first legis- 
lature ? Where? When? How 
had the colonists been ruled 
before ? How many represen- 
tatives were sent ? 

What accessions to the colo- 
ny were made the year follow- 
ing ? What measure did Sir 
Edwin Sandys recommend ? 
Why ? What is said of its 
adoption ? 

What other accessions were 
made ? By whose order ? Was 
the effect good or evil ? When 
were slaves introduced ? By 
whom ? Who purchased them ? 

12. When was New England 
settled ? In what month, and 
on what day did the colonists 
arrive ? What are they called ? 
When did they land ? In what 
state ? How, and why were 
they driven from England ? To 
what place did they at first flee? 
When ? Who went with them? 
To what place did they next 
remove ? What motives had 
they in removing to America ? 

§ Whence were the people 
who settled New England? 
Wliy did they first remove to 
the 'States of Holland ? Who 
was their leader ? Where did 
he and his congregation design 
to fix themselves? In what 
year was this ? What prevent- 
ed ? What is said of two at- 



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tempts they made to remove ? 
What of a third attempt ? 
When did they make another 
attempt? Under what circum- 
stances did they succeed ? Who 
were left behind ? Upon what 
coast was the vessel driven ? 
What were the language and 
conduct of the seamen ? — what 
of the pilgrims ? What became 
of the vessel i What of their 
friends, whom they left behind ? 

Where did they fix their resi- 
dence ? To what place did they 
remove ? Why ? Who joined 
them ? What was their condi- 
tion in Holland ? What did. 
they apprehend to their poster- 
ity by continuing there ? What 
did they determine upon ? 

Where did they determine to 
settle ? From whom did they 
procure a patent ? What ves- 
sels did they procure ? Before 
their departure, what did they 
do ? From what port did they 
embark ? To what port did 
thev sail ? Why to Southamp- 
ton? 

When did both vessels set 
sail for the New World ? What 
befel tiie Speedwell? What 
became of her passengers ? 
When did the Mayflower sail 
from I Plymouth ? With how 
many passengers ? When did 
they descry Cape Cod ? What 
point of it ? Whither did they 
direct their course ? Why did 
they turn back ? 

Where did they anchor ? 
When ? What did they do be- 
fore landing ? Who was elected 
governor ? Whom did they 
send on shore r What report 
did they brino; back ? What 
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took place on Wednesday, the 
fifteenth? What did Standish 
and his company discover ? 
What was the first infant called 
that was born there ? What 
took place on the 6th of Decem- 
ber ? What on the mornino- of 
the 8th ? What did they do on 
Monday the 10th? Wliat on 
the 15th? What on the 18th 
and 19th ? What on the 20th ? 
What on the 23d? What is 
said of the 24th ? What on the 
25th ? What on the 28th ? 
What division did they make of 
their companies? What land 
was assigned to each person ? 
What is said of December 31st ? 
What did they call their new 
settlement ? After what ? 

13, What patent did James 
I. issue in November 1620 ? 
What territory did this patent 
grant ? 

§ What had this territory 
been called ? What was it now 
called? What was the patent 
thus issued the foundation of? 

14. With whom did the col- 
ony of Plymouth enter into a 
league of friendship ? Who 
was Masassoit ? How long 
was this treaty observed ? 

§ Wlio was instrumental in 
bringing this to pass ? Who 
was Samoset ? How did he 
accost the English ? From 
whom had he learned the 
language ? What did he say 
was the Indian name of Ply- 
mouth? What plague among 
the Indians did he tell of? 
What special Providence might 
have been in this ? How was 
Samoset treated by the Eng- 
lish ? Whom did he introduce. 



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to them ? Who was Squanto ? 
What further is said of him ? 

Who was the greatest Sa- 
chem in the region of Ply- 
mouth ? Who told the English 
of his approach ? By whom was 
Massasoit attended ? What, 
for a time, prevented advances 
from either side ? Who was 
first sent to Massasoit ? What 
did this Sachem wish of the 
English ? Who was sent for 
this purpose? How did Mas- 
sasoit dispose of Mr. Winslow? 
What did he there do ? 

15. What did the colony 
receive from the London com- 
pany in 1621 .' Through whom ? 
In whom were the powers of 
this government vested.^ What 
was the first council called ? 
By whom was it appointed ? 
What was its business ? What 
was the other council called ? 
Of whom did it consist ? How 
often did this assembly meet.? 
What did it do ? What power 
had the governor ? When were 
laws valid ? 

16. What befel the Virginia 
colony in 1622 ? By whom was 
the plan concerted ? When 
was it put in execution ? How 
many were butchered .'' 

§ What was this chief's 
name ? When had he enlisted .= 
By what means were the Eng- 
lish deceived? What is said 
of the Indians (m the morning 
of the 5th day ? At what hour 
did the blow fall ? What is 
said of Nathaniel Causie ?— 
What of two men .?— What of 
Mr. Baldwin ?— What of Ralph 
Hamer .?— What of a family liv- 
ing near Martins Head ? By 



what means were Jamestown 
and some other places saved ? 
What did the English at 1p^- rth 
do? To what number wei ^eir 
settlements reduced ? How ma- 
ny people remained in the col- 
ony ? 

17. What is said of the Ply- 
mouth colony, at this time ? 
Wliat anticipations were in- 
dulged ? 

§ During what period waa 
there no rain ? What is said of 
their corn ? What did the In- 
dians say ? What religious ser- 
vice was appointed ? What is 
said of the morning, and most 
of the day? What event occur- 
red towards evening ? What 
efl'ect had this ? What return 
to God did the people make ? 

18. In what year was 
New Hampshire settled ? What 
places were settled ? Who sent 
these settlers to ihe country ? 

19. What befel the London 
company in 1624 ? Under what 
pretext was it dissolved ? In 
whom now were the powers of 
government vested ? 

§ Of whom had the Lon 
don company consisted? Hov. 
much had they expended ? How 
many persons had they sent to 
America ? How many surviv- 
ed ? What is said of this act 
of the king ? What of his sub- 
sequent regulations ? What did 
the people do in 1636? What 
did Charles I, the king, do in 
turn ? What took place in 
] 639 ? 

20. What did the Puritans do 
when they found that the Ply- 
mouth lands had been granted 
to tlie council of Plymouth by 



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the Crown ? In what year was 
this ? How did the negotiations 
end ? 

VVhat is said of the first 
goveinment of the colony ? 
How many assistants had the 
governor till 1624 ? How many 
after this period ? What took 
place in 1639? How long did 
the colony continue distinct ? 
With what was it then united ? 
In what year ? 

21 . W hat colony was founded 
in 1628 ? Of whom was the 
territory purchased ? By whom ? 
How many adventures were 
sent out? Who was at their 
head ? What settlement did 
they make ? Indian name ? 

§ Bound the territory of 
Massachusetts Bay ? For what 
purpose was this colony settled ? 
Who were among the most 
active in this enterprise ? 

22. What did king Charles do 
for the Massachusetts company 
in 1629 ? What did he receive ? 
By what name were they incor- 
porated ? Who was appointed 
governor ? 

. § What measure in England 
yvas adopted to give an impulse 
-to the colony ? Number of 
ships ? Freight ? — Number of 
planters ? — Time of arrival ? — 
State of the settlement ? Soon 
after how many removed ? To 
what place ? 

23. What in August was 
transferred from London to 
Massachusetts Bay ? What is 
said of a new election of offi- 
ceis? Who were chosen gover- 
nor and lieutenant governor ? 

§ When did Governor Viin- 
throp arrive ? What is said of 



him ? In what state did he find 
the plantation ? Number of the 
colony, the preceding autumn ? 
Number, who had died ? What 
is said of the survivors ? — What 
of their stock of corn ? What 
other evils threatened them ? 
Number of deaths by the close 
of the year ? What distinguish- 
ed persons were included ? 
What is said of the condition of 
the people the succeeding win- 
ter ? What is related of a poor 
man who came to the governor 
to complain ? Upon what did 
many subsist ? In this distress- 
ing state, what did the people 
do ? What special interposition 
of Providence can you mention ? 
What alteration was made ? 

24. In what year was Mary- 
land conveyed to a proprietor ? 
By whom ? To whom ? After 
whom was Maryland called ? 

§ Who was the father of 
Csecilius Calvert? Why did 
he leave England for America ? 
Why was the patent made out 
to his son, Cecil ? What land 
did this grant cover ? Between 
whom did the arbitrary acts of 
the crovvn cause contentions ? 

25. Who was made governor 
of the province ? When ? By 
whom ? When did he arrive ? 
By whom accompanied ? When 
did he land? What did he 
purchase of the Indians? What 
settlement formed ? 

§ What is said of the privi- 
leges granted the inhabitants of 
Maryland ? To what did these 
contribute ? How were the 
laws at first enacted ? When 
was a house of assembly first 
constituted ? What did it con- 



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sist of? What change took 
place in 1650 ? 

When did a rebelHon break 
out? By whom caused? Where 
did he form a settlement ? In 
what year ? To whom did he 
refuse to submit ? Of what 
was he convicted ? Having 
fled, what did he do on his 
return in 1645 ? When was 
order restored ? 

When was Lord Baltimore 
deprived of the government ? 
By whom ? When was the 
ancient order restored ? What 
took place in 1689 ? What in 
1716 ? How long did the pro- 
prietor enjoy his rights ? 

26. In what year was the first 
house erected in Connecticut? 
Kind of house ? Where ? By 
whom ? 

§ Who first discovered Con- 
necticut River ? Who laid 
claim to this honor ? Who 
purchased, and settled at nearly 
the same time ? 

Who was Wahquimicut ? 
What is said of a journey he 
made in 1631 ? What was his 
object ? What did he promise 
the English ? What did he 
urge ? Probable result, had 
the invitation been accepted ? 
What course did the governor 
of Massachusetts adopt ? — what 
the governor of Plymouth ? 
What took place two years from 
this time ? What, in tliat in- 
terval, did the Dutch do ? Who 
commanded the first Plymouth 
expedition up Connecticut riv- 
er ? What was its object ? 
Whom did Holmes find had 
entered before him ? What had 
they erected ? What planted ? 



Where was this fort ? What 
did the Dutch order Holmes to 
do ? What did he assure them? 
What did he do ? What meas- 
ures did the Dutch adopt to 
expel the English ? Why did 
they relinquish the design ? 

27. When were Windsor, 
Hartford, and V/ethersfield set- 
tled ? By whom ? 

§ When did they commence 
their journey ? What is said 
of it ? How early was Connec- 
ticut river frozen over ? What 
became of the cattle ? What 
befel several provision vessels ? 
When did provisions fail ? 
What did some now attempt to 
do ? What is related of a party 
of thirteen .' — what of another 
party of seventy men, women, 
and children ? How did those 
who remained on the river sub- 
sist ? What is said of the cat- 
tle, which were not brought 
over the river ? What was the 
loss of the Windsor people in 
cattle ? 

28. To whom did the council 
of Plymouth sell a patent of 
Connecticut, in March, 1631 ? 
Whom did they appoint gover- 
nor ? In what year did he ar- 
rive ? 

§ What did the original pa- 
tent of Connecticut include ? 
What did Winthrop do, soon 
after his arrival at Boston ? 
Who came soon after for a sim- 
ilar purpose ? What course did 
they adopt? Who in 1636, re- 
moved to Connecticut ? How 
did they direct their course ? 
How did they travel ? What 
was the time occupied in their 
journey ? How did they subsist ? 



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How many cattle did they 
drive ? Wliere did they settle ? 
When did Mr. Hooker die ? 
What did a friend say to him 
about the time of his departure? 
What was his reply ? When 
did Mr. Stone die ? 

29. When was Rhode Island 
settled ? What place was first 
settled ? Indian name ? When 
was Williams banished from 
Massachusetts ? 

§ When did he come from 
England.'' Where did he first 
reside .' Where next ? What 
opinions did he advance ? How 
was he treated in consequence ? 
To v/hat place did he go ? 
Why did he thence remove ? 
Why did he call his plantation 
Providence ? What did he allow 
to all who settled with him.? 
What honor belongs to him.' 
Wiiat did he do in respect to 
the savages.' What influence 
did he exercise over them ? 

Who followed Mr. Williams 
to Providence ? In whatj^ear ? 
On what account ? What did 
Coddington advise ? What two 
towns were here settled ? Who 
was elected chief magistrate .' 
Wliat took place in 1G40 ? 
What is said of the increase of 
Rhode Island ? Why ? 

Who obtained a charter for 
the plantations ? Of whom ? 
When.' When did they re- 
ceive a royal charter.' Of whom.' 
What did this charter consti- 
tute .' Who dissolved the char- 
ter .' In what year ? What be- 
came of Andros three years 
afterwards.' What did the free 
men upon this do .' 
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30. Who were the Pequots .' 
Where was their principal set- 
tlement .' In what year was 
the Pequot war .' 

§ Prior to this time what had 
been the conduct of the Pe- 
quots .' What had they done 
near Saybrook fort .' What at 
Wethersfield .' Where did the 
general court meet at this awful 
crisis.' What did they deter- 
mine upon .' How many men 
did they vote to raise .' liow 
many from each of the towns, 
Hartford, Windsor, and Weth- 
ersfield .' How many Indians 
were enlisted.' Who command- 
ed the expedition .' What In- 
dian fort was surprised .' When.' 
Where was this fort.' At what 
time in the day was the attack 
made .' How was the alarm 
first given ? How communica- 
ted.' Meaning of these words.' 
What did the English troops 
do .' What was the conduct of 
the Indians .' When victory 
was doubtful, what did Mason 
say .' What did he then do ; 
What was the effect .' When 
the sun rose, what did it show.' 
How many wigwams were 
burnt .' How many Indians 
killed .' How many English 
were killed .' How many 
wounded.' Where were their 
surgeon, medicine, and provi- 
sions .' While consulting, what 
joyful sight did they see.' Who 
arrived to assist them .' Whith- 
er did Sassacus and his warriors 
flee.' How far did the English 
pursue thenj .' What took place.' 
What treaty followed .' Num- 
ber of Pequots remaining ? 



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Among whom were they divid- 
ed ? How was the event of 
peace celebrated ? 

31. When was New Haven 
settled ? Indian name ? By 
what means did the English 
become acquainted with it ? 
What colony did this and ad- 
joining towns constitute ? 

§ How many colonies had 
now been formed in New Eng- 
land ? Name them ? Who was 
one of the principal founders of 
New Haven ? Whither did he 
flee in 1633? Why? What 
did he determine upon while in 
exile ? Who accompanied him 
to America? Where did they 
arrive and when ? What offers 
were made to them by Massa- 
chusetts ? What did they pre- 
fer? Where did they determine 
to settle ? Where did they 
keep their first Sabbath ? Who 
preached ? 

32. When did the three towns 
of Connecticut become a dis- 
tinct commonwealth, and adopt 
a constitution ? Why ? How 
long did that constitution con- 
tinue with little alteration ? 
What did it ordain? What 
were the officers of govern- 
ment ? By whom elected ? 
Wlio were to send deputies to 
the General Assembly ? First 
governor ? 

33. What other colony form- 
ed a constitution in 1639 ? 
What is said of its constitu- 
tion ? 

§ When was the government 
organized ? First governor ? 
How many successive years 
was he elected ? For what was 



this colony distinguished ? For 
what her distinguished men ? 

What pursuits did the people 
engage in ? Why did they be- 
come discouraged ? 

34. In what year was the 
charter of Maine granted ? To 
whom ? From whom ? \That 
were the limits of the territory 
granted by this charter? When 
was Maine taken under the ju- 
risdiction of Massachusetts ? 
By whose request ? When did 
it become a separate state ? 

§ In 1652, what county was 
made ? What privilege had it ? 
What did Massachusetts claim ? 
When was the territory incor- 
porated with her ? Why did 
not the repeated efforts to effect 
a separation succeed ? When 
was it effected ? 

35. In what year commenced 
the union of the colonies of 
New England? By what name? 
What colonies belonged to it? 
When were the articles signed? 
What dangers urged to this 
union ? What claims and en- 
croachment ? 

What did each colony retain 
by these articles ? Upon what 
terms might a colony be receiv- 
ed ? How many commission- 
ers did each elect? How often 
did they meet ? What did they 
determine ? Hou^ long did this 
union last ? Who petitioned to 
be admitted in 1648 ? Why was 
she refused ? 

What were the effects of this 
union ? Conduct of several 
chiefs on its completion ? To 
whom else did the colonies be- 
come more formidable ? 



19 



Prior to this period, who had 
labored to civilize and christian- 
ize the Indians ? By what 
means ? What was done in aid 
of these efforts? How did the 
Indians regard Christianity ? 
How would they probably have 
treated missionaries, unless 
awed by the colonies ? Num- 
ber of towns of converted In- 
dians in Massachusetts, in 1 C60 ? 
Number of Indian converts in 
Martha's Vineyard, in 1695? 

36. Who granted the second 
charter of Connecticut ? In 
what year ? At whose request ? 
Under what title ? 

§ What did this charter con- 
firm ? How was the territory 
bounded ? What officers did 
the charter ordain ? What as- 
semblies? Who composed the 
upper, and who the lower 
house ? How did this govern- 
ment differ from that adopted 
1639 ? How long did it contin- 
ue to be the constitution of 
Connecticut? 

What colony did the charter 
include ? When did it unite 
to Connecticut ? What similar 
grant was made to Rhode 
Island ? When ? 

37. Whom did Charles grant 
New York, New Jersey, and 
Delaware, in 1664 ? Who was 
sent against the Dutch at New 
York ? What was the success 
of this expedition? What were 
the two principal Dutch settle- 
ments now called ? In honor 
of whom ? 

§ What is said of the settle- 
ment of the Dutch at Manhat- 
tan in section 9th ? How long 
did they manage for themselves 



after the revolt ? Who was the 
Dutch governor in 1664 ? What 
inquiry did he make of Nichols 
by letter ? How did the latter 
reply ? Why did Stuy vesant 
at length surrender ? What did 
Nichols promise ? How long- 
did the administration of the 
latter continue ? What is said 
of it ? Who succeeded ? 

38. What territory did the 
Duke of York convey to Lord 
Berkley and Sir George Carte- 
ret? Why was it called New 
Jersey ? What is meant by 
Elizabethtown grant ? Who 
settled it? 

§ Who made the first settle- 
ment in limits of New Jersey ? 
When ? What place ? What 
family settled on the Jersey 
side near New York ? Who 
settled on the western banks of 
the Delaware in 16r26? Wlio 
held possession of the country 
till 1625? Who at this time 
took possession of it ? How 
long did the Dutch hold it ? 

39. Who was the first gover- 
nor of New Jei-sey ? In what 
year did he arrive ? How did 
he administer the government? 

§ What did the assembly 
consist of? In what resided 
the legislative power ? In 
whom the executive power ? 

40. Under whose authority- 
was Delaware when given to 
the Duke of York ? Success 
of Ptobert Carr against the 
Dutch of Delaware ? In what 
year ? Under what authority 
was Delaware placed ? 

§ By whom was Delaware 
first settled ? Who laid claim 
to the territory ? Who held 



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possession of it in 1G64 ? What 
change took place in 16G2 ? 
What other change was effect- 
ed in 1703? 

41. To what business in New 
England, were Nichols, Carr, 
Cartwright and Maveric ap- 
pointed ? When ? What was 
their conduct ? Of whom did 
they receive complaints? What 
did they require of persons 
against the consent of the peo- 
ple ? To whom, unjustly, did 
they afford protection ? 

42. After whom was Carolina 
called ? What did the territory 
include ? To whom was this 
tract conveyed ? By whom ? 
When ? 

§ What part of Carolina was 
first settled? By whom? When? 
Under whose superintendence 
was the settlement placed ? 
When was the second settle- 
ment made? Where? By whom? 
Where was the third settle- 
ment made? By whom? When? 
When was old Charleston 
founded ? For what place was 
that abandoned? When? What 
city was there commenced ? 
Who succeeded Governor Sayle 
in 1671, at Port Royal? To 
what number were the three 
governments of Carolina re- 
duced after the death of gover- 
nor Sayle ? What were they 
called ? 

Who prepared a constitution 
for Carolina ? For what term 
was the president to be chosen? 
What kind of nobility establish- 
ed ? What sort of parliament ? 
What business could he propose 
to parliament ? What was the 
effect of an attempt to force this 



constitution ? What became 
of tiie constitution ? What gov- 
ernment was restored ? When 
did the proprietary government 
end ? 

43. By what memorable war 
was the existence of the colo- 
nies seriously endangered ? 
When did this war commence ? 

§ How had the Indians for 
several years regarded the Eng- 
lish ? Why was their jealousy 
excited ? Principal exciters of 
tiie war ? Who Avas Philip ? 
Where was his residence ? 

What was the immediate 
cause of the war ? Who had 
they murdered ? Who excited 
them to this murder? What 
had Sausaman told the English? 
What effect had the execution 
of the Indians, upon Philip ? 
Where did Philip first attack 
the English ? Situation of 
Swanzey ? On what occasion ? 
How many persons were killed? 
Who repaired to the defence of 
Swanzey ? Who came from 
Boston ? In how many days ? 
How soon was an attack made 
upon Philip's men ? Whither 
did Philip fiee that night? By 
what did he mark his route ? 
Whose cause did tne Narra- 
gansets favor ? How was this 
known? What efforts were 
made to renew a treaty with 
them ? With what success ? 

Where was Philip July 17th? 
Present name of Pocasset ? 
Who attacked him in the 
swamp? How did the Indians 
avoid them ? How did the Eng- 
lish next attempt to subdue 
them ? How did Philip avoid 
starvation ? To what tribe did 



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Philip flee ? Who was sent to 
these Indians ? For what pur- 
pose ? How were they treated 
by the Indians ? How many 
were killed? To what place 
did the remainder flee ? What 
is Quaboag called ? In what 
did the inhabitants take refuge? 
In what way did the Indians 
attempt to destroy them ? How 
were they preserved ? Who 
raised the siege ? What towns 
were attacked by the Indians in 
September ? Who was sent to 
Deerfield on the ISth ? For 
what purpose ? Who was with 
him ? What befel the party ? 
Who hastened to their assist- 
ance ? How many Indians 
were killed ? 

What town was burnt in Oc- 
tober ? By what troops was the 
town saved from total destruc- 
tion ? 

What eastern Indians began 
their depredations soon after the 
attack on Swanzey ? Where 
was the theatre of these depre- 
dations? What towns suffered 
most? What injury had the 
English done to the family of 
Squando ? Who was Squando ? 
What other wrongs had been 
done the Indians ? 

What tribe took part with 
the enemy ? Who led an army 
against them ? Of how many 
did it consist ? What season of 
the year ? Where were the 
enemy ? What fortification had 
they ? What is said of it ? At 
what time in the day did the 
English arrive ? In what man- 
ner did they attack the fort ? 
With what success ? At this 
crisis, how did some Connecti- 



cut men turn the battle ? How 
many wigwams were burnt? 
Number of Indians in the fort ? 
Number killed, or mortally 
wounded ? — number taken pris- 
oners ? Were our ancestors 
justified in this transaction ? 
"Why ? Number of English cap- 
tains who fell ? Number of 
English troops killed, or mor- 
tally wounded ? The eff'ect of 
this defeat upon the Indians ? 
What towns suffered during the 
winter ? W'hat captain with 
his troops was attacked in 
March ? Who in April ? When 
did the tide of Indian success 
turn ? What Narraganset chief 
was killed ? 

When was the finishing 
stroke given to the war ? What 
was that stroke ? Whom had 
he attempted to rouse against 
the English ? By what means? 
Result of his detection ? To 
what place did he return ? 
Who conducted an expedition 
against him ? Where was he 
found ? What became of Phil- 
ip ? What did Captain Church 
order in respect to him ? How 
long did the war continue in 
Maine ? What is said of the 
western Indians ? During the 
war, how many English soldiers 
fell ? How many towns were 
destroyed ? How many dwell- 
ing-houses consumed ? 

44. To whom had the territo- 
ry of New York been granted 
in 1G64 ? From whom was it 
captured the same year ? To 
what power was it surrendered 
in 1673 ? When was it restored 
to the English ? Why did the 
Duke of York take out a new 



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patent ? Who was appointed 
governor ? Character of his 
administration ? How did he 
rule them ? 

§ What part of Connecticut 
was included in the Duke's 
patent ? What did Andros 
claim by virtue of this ? What 
fort did he attempt to take ? 
Who was sent to defend 
the fort ? W"hat circumstances 
transpired ? 

45. In what colony did Ba- 
con's rebellion occur ? In what 
year ? How long did the effects 
of it last ? Principal causes of 
it? 

§ Events noticed in section 
24 ? Why did the Virginians 
remain faithful to the royal 
cause in Cromwell's time ? 
What did this loyalty bring 
upon them in 1652 ? What is 
said of Governor Berkley at this 
time ? About the time of Crom- 
well's death, what took place ? 
What was the conduct of Gov- 
ernor Berkley after this ? What 
did the discontents of the peo- 
ple end in ? 

Who headed the insurgents ? 
What is said of him? With 
whom was the colony at this 
time at war ? What did Berk- 
ley refuse Bacon ? What did 
he order him to do ? What 
course did Bacon pursue ? What 
illegal punishment did Berkley 
inflict upon Bacon ? How did 
he attempt to conciliate him ? 
What req';est did Bacon again 
make ? When refused, what 
did he do ? What did the as- 
sembly advise ? What proclam- 
ation did Berkley issue ? Upon 
whom did Bacon wreak his 



vengeance ? Whither did Ber. 
ley flee ? How did he attempt 
to oppose the malcontents ? 

What put an end to the re- 
bellion ? Who resumed the 
government ? How long di( 
the effects of this last? Lengt 
of Berkley's administration ; 



Who succeeded hi 



Whac 



odious law did Culpepper bring 
with him ? How did he com- 
pel the assembly to pass that 
and other laws ? What salary 
did he take ? What is said of 
the history of Virginia from 
this period to the French war ? 

46. How was New Jersey di- 
vided in 1676 ? How long did 
this division continue ? Who 
was appointed royal governor ? 
Under what queen ? How long 
was the governor of New York 
the governor of New Jersey ? 
in 1738, who was appointed 
governor of New Jersey ? 

§ What is said of New Jer- 
sey at section 38th ? What at 
section 39 ? To whom did 
Lord Berkley convey his half 
in 1674 ? For whose benefit ? 
To whom did Billinge pre- 
sent his interest ? 

In the division of 1676, who 
took East Jersey ? Who Wes 
Jersey ? Who now claimea 
West Jersey ? Who attempted 



to assert these ck 



To 



whom was the subject referred'' 
What was their decision ? 

To whom did Carteret sel' 
his right in 1682 ? To whom 
did they sell ? When were th 
Jersey s and New York annexe 
to !!iew England ? How lon^ 
did they continue annexed ? 
When was the g-overnment of 



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aSt and West Jersey surren- 

lered to the crown? Wiiat 

•nion now took place ? Who 

'as appointed governor ? Of 

ow many did the house of 

presentatives consist ? Who 

ise them ? Who appointed 

/ o-overnor and council ? 

47! When did Massachusetts 
purchase Maine ? Upon what 
3vent ? Of whom ? For how 
ffiuch? Until what year did 
Maine continue under Massa- 
chusetts ? 

§ Upon what was the claim 
>f Massachusetts upon the ter- 
ritory founded ? Upon what 
-as the claim of Gorges' heirs 
bunded ? 

48. When was New Hamp- 
shire separated from the juris- 
diction of Massachusetts ? By 
whose order? What form of 
government was sent over by 
the kir,g ? 

§ To whom did the Ply- 
mouth company grant the ter- 
ritory called New Hampshire ? 
In what year ? When did the 
natent holders relinquish juris- 
diction to Massachusetts ? How 
long did the latter exercise it ? 
When did the first legislative 
I'ssembly convene ? How was 
the separation regarded ? Who 
made trouble for the people ? 
In what way ? 

What purchase did Wheel- 
wright and others make in 
1629 ? What was this the 
foundation of? Whom did 
:':ranfield favor ? What did he 
'all upon the people to do ? 
Whom did the people dispatch 
to England ? For what pur- 
pose ? With what success ? 



When did this controversy 
about the claims of Mason ter- 
minate ? 

49. To whom was granted 
the patent of Pennsylvania ? 
—in what year ?— to whom ? — 
in consideration of what ? 

§ How far did this patent 
encroach on the territory of 
Lord Baltimore? Over what 
colony did it extend on the 
north ? Between what colonies 
did this excite contentions ? 
Continuance of these conten- 
tions ? What other convey- 
ance were made to Penn by 
New York? What was the 
first of these ? What the second? 
What did these deeds em- 
brace ? 

What did Penn now offer 
for sale ? At what rate ? Who 
purchased ? How many ships 
were now dispatched to set- 
tle Pennsylvania? To whom 
did Penn write ? What did he 
write ? When did he publish a 
form ofgover.-.ment? On whom 
was the supreme power lodged? 
What did it consist of ? How 
were the council and house to 
be chosen ? What powers had 
the proprietor and governor? 
What were the qualifications of 
a free man ? Who migiit not 
be molested in his religion ? 

When did Penn arrive ? 
With how many planters ? 
Where did he land? Whom 
did he find settled ? To what 
place did he proceed? What 
did lie convene ? What change 
did he efl'ect in the assembly ? 
What did the assembly annex 
to the province ? 

With whom did he enter into 



a treaty? What city did he 
found ? Why did Pennsylva- 
nia increase faster than the 
other colonies ? When did 
Penn convene a second assem- 
bly ? What d'4 he grant ? 
What, at this tii >,, was ordain- 
ed with respect to preventing- 
lawsuits ?— in respect to chif 
dren ?— in respect to fraudulent 
factors ? 

When did Penn return to 
England ? In whose care did 
he lea\Ae the government? 
When did James II. abdicate the 
• throne ? What did Penn con- 
tinue to do after his expulsion ? 
Whose displeasure did this ex- 
cite ? What befel Penn ? By 
what means was he restored to 
his rights ? 

When did Penn make a sec- 
ond visit to Pennsylvania ? 
When did he offer a new char- 
ter ? Why? What is said of 
the territories ? When did the 
first assembly under this char- 
ter convene ? 

On returning to England, to 
whom did Penn leave the exec- 
utive authority ? What is said 
of the deputy governor after 
this time ? When did the peo- 
ple form a new constitution? 
Who was excluded from the 
government ? What was allow- 
ed him ? 

50. What decision against 
Massachusetts was made m the 
high court of England in 1684? 
In whose hands did this decis- 
ion place the government of 
Massachusetts? 

§ Who procured this decis- 
ion ? What were his feelings 
towards the colonies ? What 



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complaint had he made to the 
kin^ ? How did Massachusetts 
answer these complaints? What 
did the king demand ? 

50. Continued. — Who suc- 
ceeded Charles 11? What inju- 
ry was soon inflicted on the 
New England colonies ? What 
did the several colonies do? 
What is said of the hostility oif 
the king towards them ? Who 
was sent over as governor of 
New England ? What colony 
was excepted ? When did An- 
dres arrive in Boston ? Char- 
acter of his administration at 
first ? Character afterwards ? 

§ For what purpose did An- 
dres visit Connecticut in 1687 ? 
Plow many soldiers attended 
him? What did he demand? 
Upon what was the charter laid? 
Why did not Andros take it ? 
Where was it secreted? By 
whom ? Who assumed the 
government ? 

50. Continued. What was the 
condition of New England un- 
der Andros ? By whom were 
the colonies relieved ? Whom 
had Williams married ? When 
did he land in England ? 
Whom did he compel to leave 
the kingdom ? When did he 
assume the crown ? 

51. Plow many varieties of 
character existed in the colo- 
nies at the close of this period? 
What was the character of the 
'^e\Y England people ? 

§ What colony prohibited 
the drinking of healths? What 
law did the same colony pass 
with respect to costly apparel ? 
What colony prohibited the use 
of tobacco? In what colony 



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did the Dutch manners prevail? 
What were the manners of the 
colonists in Virginia? Why 
were they more voluptuous ? 
Why did some emigrate to the 
colony ?— why did others ? 
What was the character of 
many ? What other national 
peculiarities might be noticed ? 

52. To what church was the 
colony of Virginia devoted ? 

§ What was the religious 
state of the colony at the expi- 
ration of thirteen years from its 
commencement ? What is said 
of accessions in i 631 ? What 
provisions made for the support 
of ministers ? What regulations 
were adopted in 1C50 ? How 
many pounds of tobacco were 
granted the minister for his 
support ? What had he in ad- 
dition to this ? How was the 
tobacco prepared? 

What was tiie special object 
of the New England planters ? 
Of what sect were they in doc- 
trine ? In discipline ? And 
what right did each church 
maintain ? What did they hold 
to the validity of? When, and 
for what purpose did they con- 
vene councils ?i What officers, 
were there generally in each 
church ? What was the pas- 
tor's office ?— teacher's?-— ruling 
elder's ? How many ministers 
had been settled in New Eng- 
land in 1642 ? In what year 
was the first synod ? W"here 
did it sit ? — of whom compos- 
ed ? On what account was it 
convened ? Results of this 
synod ? 

52. Cnntimied. — Of what reli- 
gious sect were the Dutch at 
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New York? When were the 
Roman Catholics introduced 
into America ? Where did they 
settle ? First Baptist church ? 
Who was its founder? What 
law was pa. d against the 
Baptists in i dssachusetts in 
1651 ? Against what sect in 
1656 ? 

§ What severe penalties 
were inflicted in 1657 ? When 
were they banished ? Can these 
severities be justified ? What 
may be offered as some apology ? 
When was the Cambridge Plat- 
form composed and adopted ? 
By whom ? What ministers 
and churches were present at 
this synod ? 

53. With what countries did 
the colonies trade during the 
second period ? Articles im- 
ported ? Articles exported ? 

§ To what was the trade of 
Virginia confined for the first 
thirty years ? When were 
slaves first introduced into New 
England ? 

54. What was the first busi- 
ness of the settlers ? 

§ How were the lands clear- 
ed ? When was rye first raised 
in Massachusetts ? When were 
neat cattle first introduced into 
New England ? 

55. Why did not manufac- 
tures flourish during the second 
period ? 

§ What did Chalmers say of 
New England in 1673 ? Of 
what were most of their build- 
ings made ? What kind of mill 
was first erected in New Eng- 
land ? When was the first ves- 
sel built in Massachusetts ? 
What was she called ? First 



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printing in New England ? By 
whom ? What ? When was 
Elhot's Bible printed? First 
mode of travelling ? 

56. Population of the Eng- 
lish colonies at the close of this 
period ? 

57. For what classes were 
schools founded in New Eng- 
land ? How early ? 

For what classes in the south- 
ern colonies ? 

§ When was money collect- 
ed in England, for the founding 
of a college in Virginia ? What 
sum was collected ? Location ? 
What donation by the Virginia 
Company for the same object ? 
What further efforts were made 
in 1631 ? Issue of these ar- 
rangements ? To what college 
were .ai.'>ove tunds given? 
Wh ■ i ssachusetts iirst 

er n , ? With what 

I ? vVhen was it located? 
Where ? What was this place 
afterwards called, and why ? 
What name was given to the 
college? Why? What colo- 
nies beside Massachusetts con- 
tributed to the funds of this col- 
lege ? 

What is said of common 
schools ? What measures did 
Connecticut adopt, with respect 
to common schools in 1639 ? 

Miscellaneous Questions on 
Feriod II. 

1 When was Jamestown set- 
tled ? How long is period II ? 
How long from the discovery 
of America to settlement of 
Jamestown ? Who was the most 
efficient man among those who 



settled Jamestown ? How far is 
Jamestown from the mouth of 
the river ? About 32 miles. To 
what too companies were letters 
patent granted in 1606 ? 'By 
whom ? Who was the means 
of saving Smith's life ? 

2. When was Plymouth in 
Massachusetts settled ? By 
whom ? How long after James- 
town ? When and by whom 
was laid the foundation of Mas- 
sachusetts colony ? When was 
Connecticut settled .'' — Colony 
of New Haven ? — Georgia ? — 
New Hampshire ? — New York ? 
By whom was New York set- 
tled ? When was New York 
surrendered to the English ? 
When was New Jersey settled ? 
— Delaware .-' — Pennsylvania ? 
What people generally settled 
Pennsylvania ? Who settled 
Maryland ? When was it first 
seltled ? Who was Roger Wil- 
liams ? What colony did he 
found ? When weje North and 
South Carolina settled ? When 
were they divided ? 

3. Who was John Holmes ? 
What do you recollect about 
him ? What about Wahquimi- 
cut ? What two Indian wars 
occurred during this period f 
How long was it from the set- 
tlement of Plymouth to the 
Pequot war ? — from the discov- 
ery of AmeVica ? How long 
from the Pequot war to Philip's 
war ? From the Pequot war tc 
this time ? 

4. About what year was Phil- 
ip's war ? Who killed Philip : 
Who conducted the war againsi 
the Pequots ? What town did 
Roger Williams found in Rhode 



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Island ? What were the prin- 
cipal forts of the Pequots ? 
Where was the principal resi- 
dence of Philip ? Who was 
the great Sachem of the Pe- 
qaots ? What was the Indian 
name of New Haven ? — of Bos- 
ton ?— of New York ?— of Sa- 
vannah ? — 

5. Which was settled first, 
New York or Delaware ? — 
Georgia or New Hampshire ? 
Whence had New England its 
name ? After whom was Geor- 
gia called ? — Carolina ? — New 
Jersey ? — New York ? — Penn- 
sylvania ? — Delaware ? Rhode 
Island ? 

G. What two ministers ac- 
companied the first settlers of 
Connecticut ? Who was the 
principal founder of New Ha- 
ven ? When were New Haven 
and Connecticut colonies unit- 
ed Date of the union of the 
New England colonies ? Why 
was this union formed ? How 
many colonies formed it ? Who 
was John Elliot? What do you 
recollect about him? Who was 
Governor Sayle ? In what part 
of Carolina was a settlement 
formed in 1609? Who began 
the settlement of Charlestown ? 
How long after Jamestown was 
settled ? — After Boston was set- 
tled ? 

7. Who were the Narragan- 
sets ? In what wars did they 
act a distinguished part ? Who 
were the Mohegans ? Who 
was Uncas ? Whom did the 
Duke of York appoint his gov- 
ernor ? What was the charac- 
ter of his administration ? Re- 



to Hartford, 
the charter ? 
occurred in Vi 



and demanding 
What rebeUion 
I ? When ? 



Who headed it ? Who was 
at that time governor? Issue 
of it? 

8 Who founded Philadel- 
phia ? When ? How long after 
the settlement of Jamestown ? 
Plymouth ? What is the mean- 
ingof Philadelphia? How much 
older is New York than Hart- 
ford ? — than Savannah ? — than 
Philadelphia ? — than Charles- 
ton ? Where did Pocahontas 
die ? What was her name when 
she died ? Who was Opecanca- 
nough ? What do you recol- 
lect about him ? 

9. Whowas Massasoit? With 
whom did he maV ■ . ;+reaty ? 
Who was the f^^^™^ iii.pr of 



Plymouth co^ ^' g,., 
Haven colony. — ot-xw sr^, i- 
setts colony ? Who was Lord 
Baltimore ? Who was consid- 
ered the father of the Puritans ? 
Did he ever remove to Ameri- 
ca ? Who was Sanioset ? Who 
was Squanto ? What day of 
what month is celebrated as 
the landing of the pilgrims ? 
In what vessels did the pilgrims 
come to America? Who was 
Miles Standish ? 

10. Where was the first rep- 
resentative legislature in this 
country ? When ? When did 
the towns in Connecticut first 
establish a constitution ? When 
was E. and W. Jersey united? 
Who settled Delaware ? Can 
you give a concise history of 
Delaware ? — of Pennsylvania ? 
—of the Carolinas ?— of Mary- 



late the story of his coming [ land ? — of New York? — of Con 



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neclicut ? — of New Hampshire ? 
— of Maine ? 

11. Tell the date of the set- 
tlement of every state mention- 
ed in this period ? What towns 
suffered much in Philip's war ? 
What was the occasion of Phil- 
ip's war ? What scene opened 
this war ? To whom did James 
I. grant a patent of New Eng- 
land in 1620? Where did 
Endicott settle ? 

12. In what town did the 
Indians murder nine persons in 
1637 ? When and by whom 
was Salem settled ? What colo- 
ny was settled mostly by Ro- 
man Catholics ? — What by Qua- 
kers ? What two colonies were 
founded on very liberal prin- 
ciples ? 

13. What colony was refused 
admittance into the New Eng- 
land confederacy in 1643 ? — 
Why ? Who was a distin- 
guished minister of Roxbury ? 

Who was Sasacus ? In what 
year was Watertown settled ? 
In the Pequot war, whose life 
was saved by the cutting of a 
bowstring ? Where did the 
Dutch threaten to fire upon the 
Plymotheans in 1633 ? 

14. When was Roger Wil- 
liams banished from Salem ? 
Who were the Mohawks ?— 
From what town in Massachu- 
setts came the first settlers of 
Hartford? What vras the In- 
dian name of Rhode Island ? 
Who was William Codding- 
ton ? What patent was grant- 
ed to Lord Say and Seal, &c. 
in 1631 ? 

15. What acts were the colo- 
nies accused of violating in 



167G ? What did the acts of 
trade impose ? How were the 
acts of trade considered by the 
colonies ? How were the acts 
of trade treated for several 
years ? To what two colonies 
were the acts peculiarly oppres- 
sive ? What method did the 
Virginians adopt for redress ? 

16. When was New Hamp- 
shire separated from the juris- 
diction of Massachusetts? What 
great controversy was settled 
in 1677 ? How ? For what sum 
did Massachusetts purchase 
Maine ? When was New Jer- 
sey divided ? How long did it 
continue divided ? When was 
New York granted to the Duke 
of York ? What took place in 
respect to the territory, the same 
year? What in 1673 ?— what 
In 1674 ? 

17. What event most inter- 
esting to Massachusetts occur- 
red in 1684 ? What other char- 
ters were soon vacated ? Mean- 
ing of this term ? When was 
the condition of New England 
distressing, in consequence of 
the arbitrary acts of Andros ? 
What event brought them re- 
lief? When was William Prince 
of Orange proclaimed ? 

18. How many varieties of 
character were found in the 
colonies at the close of the sec- 
ond period ? What were they ? 
To which class belonged the 
people of New England ? — to 
which the people of New 
York ? — the people of Virginia? 
When was the first printing 
press established in the coun- 
try ? Where? What kind of 
mill was the first in New Eng- 



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land ? In what year was built 
the first vessel in Massachu- 
setts? — name? What Avas first 
printed ? Whose version of the 
Bible was first printed ? in 
what language ? 

19. Population of the colo- 
nies at the close of the period 
of settlements ? With what 
country did the colonies princi- 
pally trade during the second 
period ? When were slaves 
first introduced into New Eng- 
and ? How long after the set- 
tlement of Plymouth ? What 
college was first founded in the 
colonies ? Which was the sec- 
ond ? Where was the Cam- 
bridge platform composed and 
adopted ? When ? By whom ? 
For what classes were schools 
founded in New England ? 
How early ? 

PERIOD III.— p. 90. 

For what is period HI. dis- 
tinguished ? When did it com- 
mence ? When did it termin- 
ate ? Length ? 

Sec. I. How were the colo- 
nies affected by the news of 
William's accession to the 
throne ? What did the inhab- 
itants of Boston do ? What 
colonies resumed their char- 
ters ? What colony obtained a 
new charter ? In what colony 
had Andros been governor ? 
What is said of his administra- 
tion ? What of that of subse- 
quent governors ? On the seiz- 
ure of Andros at Boston, what 
took place at New York ? 
What was the issue of the rev- 
olution ? 

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§ For how long a time were 
the people of New York ex- 
cluded from any share in the 
government ? Who was gov- 
ernor of that colony, at the 
time of WiUiam's accession? 
Whither had he gone ? With 
whom had he left the govern- 
ment ? Who took the lead in 
the rebellion ? By whom was 
he joined ? Who resisted him? 
What place did the council and 
magistrates flee to from Leis- 
ler ? In whose name did the 
respective parties exercise their 
authority ? What title did Leis- 
ler assume ? Why ? What 
part of New York submitted to 
him ? What part refused ? 
When, and by whom were they 
reduced ? 

Who was appointed governor 
of New York in 1G91 ? For 
what crime were Leisler and 
Milborn tried and condemned ? 
Why did the governor defer 
their execution ? By what 
means was he induced to sign 
their death warrant ? What 
effect had these violent meas- 
ures ? What did the revolution 
restore to the colony ? What 
did the constitution subsequent- 
ly formed, secure to the people? 
What is said of the history of 
New York from this time to the 
French war ? To whose inter- 
est was the royal governors 
generally attached ? What was 
the consequence of this? 

2. What was the state of the 
Carolinas in 1G90 ? Who was 
appointed chief magistrate of 
the northern colonies at this 
time? For what purpose? Why 
was he banished ? Upon this, 



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what did he do ? Between 
whom did a quarrel arise ? In 
relation to whom ? In this state 
of disorder, who was appointed 
governor? With what powers? 
What was the effect of his 
measures ? 

3. In what part of the United 
States has been the greatest 
trouble on account of the preva- 
lence of witchcraft ? When did 
the excitement on account of it 
begin ? 

§ In what year was the first 
suspicion of witchcraft in New 
England ? Where ? When was 
the subject revived ? Who was 
accused ? By whom was this 
woman accused ? What was 
her fate ? In what month of 
1692, was the subject again re- 
vived ? On what account ? In 
what counties and towns did 
the awful mania spread ? From 
what classes were the first vic- 
tims selected ? From what af- 
terwards ? Who was tried and 
condemned at Salem ? Who 
were accused ? What is said 
of Giles Corey ? How many 
had been executed ? How many 
were in prison ? How many 
accused ? What conviction be- 
gan at length to spread ? What 
was done with fifty who were 
tried ? What does Dr. Dwight 
say of the cloud, which had so 
long hung over the colony ? 
What was the general opinion 
of witchcraft at that time ? 
What is said of doubts respect- 
ing it ? What did Baxter pro- 
nounce a disbeliever in witch- 
craft to be ? What eminent 
judge repeatedly tried and con- 
demned persons for witchcraft ? 



What is now thought by people 
of America, on the subject of 
witchcraft ? 

4. With whom did the revo- 
lution in England involve the 
colonies in war ? What was 
this war called ? When did it 
commence ? When did it end ? 

§ How was the war excited? 
Why did the people of Canada 
direct their arms against the 
colonies ? 

4, Contimted.— Who was then 
governor of Canada ? How 
many expeditions did he send 
against the colonies ? In what 
year ? In what season of the 
year ? 

§ What village did the party 
against New York destroy ? 
Where is Schenectady ? In. 
what month ? What was the 
condition of the people at the 
time of the attack ? How many 
persons perished ? How many 
were taken prisoners ? What 
is said of the second party ? 
What of the third ? 

5. What expedition did Mas- 
sachusetts resolve upon ? W^ho 
led it ? Of how many vessels 
and men did it consist? Result? 
Against what cities did Phipps 
next direct his attention ? By 
what colonies was he dispatch- 
ed ? , What defeated the de- 
sign ? 

§ What was the plan of this 
expedition? Why did the troops, 
destined for Montreal, return ? 
What is s?ud of the naval part . 
of the expedition ? What colo- 
ny first issued bills of credit? 
Why ? 

G. What effect had the fail- 
ure of the expedition to Que- 



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bee ? Where did several Indian 
tribes reside ? What were they 
called? With what nation were 
they in alliance ? Why were 
they disssatisfied with the Eng- 
lish ? 

§ To restore their confidence 
what did Major Schuyler do ? 
In what year was tliis ? Where 
was the attack made ? Success 
of Schuyler ? What is said of 
the security of New York ? 
What portion of the country 
suffered most severely ? What 
colonies raised troops for their 
defence ? 

7. Who about this time was 
dispatched from France with a 
naval force ? Who was to join 
him from Canada ? What was 
the plan of operations ? How 
came the plan to fail ? When 
did the war end ? By what 
treaty ? What were the terms 
of it? 

§ What is said of the atroci- 
ties of the French and Indians 
during this war ? Where did 
Mr. Dustan live ? In v.'hat 
3'ear was his house attacked ? 
By whom ? How many of his 
children did he defend ? In 
what way did he defend them? 
Whom did the Indians take 
captive ? Who was her nurse ? 
What became of her infant? 
What distance was Mrs. Dus- 
tan obliged to travel ? When 
did Mrs. Dustan effect her es- 
cape ? What excited her to 
the hazardous attempt? By 
what means was it done? From 
whom did they afterwards re- 
ceive a reward ? 

8. What war nest occurred ? 
With whom was this war? 



When did it commence? When 
did it end ? In what peace ? « 

§ What were the general 
terms of the treaty of Ryswick? 
What were left unsettled ? 
Consequence of this ? Upon 
what part of the country did 
this war principally fall? What 
colony was peculiarly exposed? 
How did she escape ? What 
two colonies suffered most ? 
What was the declaration of 
war immediately followed by ? 

§ What town in Massachu- 
setts was attacked in 1704 ? 
Month? Byv/hom? With what 
force ? Condition of the inhab- 
itants ? What minister was 
captured ? How many were 
killed ? How many taken cap- 
tive ? What befel Mr. Williams' 
servant ? What Mrs. Williams ? 
Whither was Mr. Williams 
taken? How was he treated? 
Length of his captivity ? What 
is said of him after this ? 

10. What colonies sent an 
expedition against Port Royal 
in 1707 ? W^hat did it consist 
of? Where sail from ? Who 
commanded it? Success of it? 

11. What expedition was 
planned in 1708 ? What was 
the result of it? 

12. Who commanded ah ex- 
pedition in 1710? Object of the 
expedition ? Force employed ? 
Where did it sail from ? What 
was the success of it ? To what 
name was Port Royal changed? 
In honor of whom ? 

§ What expedition was soon 
after planned ? Who command- 
ed the naval force ? Who the 
land force ? What became of 
the fleet.' What of the land 



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forces? What was the bene- 
fit of this disastrous expedi- 
tion ? 

13. What is said of the 
depredations of the enemy in 
1712 ? 

14. What southern colony 
had her full share of distress 
and sufferings in Queen Ann's 
war ? Against what settlement 
was an expedition sent by Car- 
olina, in 1702? Who led it? 
What forces were raised ? Re- 
sult ? 

§ Who conducted the land 
expedition ? What did he ac- 
complish, before the governor's 
arrival ? Why could the gover- 
nor effect nothing ? In this 
emergency, what did he do ? 
What took place during Dan- 
iel's absence ? What is said of 
Daniel after this? Consequence 
of this unfortunate expedition ? 

15. How was the failure of 
this expedition, soon after, in a 
measure compensated ? 

16. Who attempted the inva- 
sion of Carolina in 1707 ? Ob- 
ject of the expedition? Force 
employed ? By what means 
were the enemy repulsed ? 

§ Upon the rumor of the in- 
tended invasion, what was done? 
What did the enemy do on his 
arrival ? What answer was re- 
turned by the governor, to the 
summons to surrender ? What 
effect had this upon the enemy? 
What was done the next day ? 
What the day following? What 
did the Carolinians now deter- 
mine to do ? Who headed the 
expedition ? On the appearance 
of Rhet, what did the people 
determine to do ? What is said 



of Monsieur Arbuset ? What 
became of him ? 

17. Who settled in North 
Carolina in 1710 ? In what 
county? On what river? What 
is said of these ? 

§ in what other colony did 
three thousand of the same peo- 
ple settle the same year ? 

17. Continued. What In- 
dians conspired to destroy the 
Palatines ? When ? How many 
were murdered ? What tribe 
was soon nearly destroyed ? By 
whom ? 

§ What number did the Tus- 
caroras lose in this war ? With 
whom did the remainder soon 
after unite? What, from that 
time, have the united tribes 
been called ? 

IS. When did the war end ? 
By what treaty ? What is said 
of the eastern Indians on this 
event ? 

§ What countries were ceded 
by France to Great Britain by 
the above treaty? What also 
was stipulated ? What did the 
French relinquish ? 

19. After the war, what con- 
test continued to distress the 
Carolinians ? 

§ What tribe headed the con- 
spiracy ? Whom did this con- 
spiracy embrace ? Object of it ? 
Time fixed for its execution ? 
By what means was the calam- 
ity averted ? What became of 
the Yamosees ? 

20. When was the colony of 
Carolina taken under the royal 
protection ? Why ? How long 
did it remain so ? 

§ Why did the people wish 
a change of government ? 



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j Whom did they request to act 
I as governor under the king ? 
Upon his refusal, whom did 
they choose ? What did the 
militia and convention then do? 
What did the Carolinians next 
do ? What was the decision of 
the privy council ? What im- 
portant change took place in 
1729? When was North and 
South Carolina divided ? 
I 21. Why did the eastern In- 
dians soon violate the peace, 
, after the treaty of Utrecht? 
I Who promised them redress ? 
Who failed of executing his 
stipulations ? Who excited the 
Indians to the war ? When did 
I it become general ? How long 
[ did it continue ? 

§ What tribes were engaged 
in the v/ar ? What is said of the 
treaty with the Indians in 1725? 
22. After whom was Georgia 
named ? When was it settled ? 
What objects were had in view? 
§ To whom was the charter 
granted ? Number of the first 
settlers ? By whom led? Where 
did they land ? To what place 
did they proceed ? What town 
commence ? Why did not the 
colony flourish? To induce 
emigrants to settle, what offers 
were made ? Who became ad- 
venturers to the colony ? How 
many arrived within three 
years ? Who aided the colony ? 
When did Oglethorpe and his 
party arrive? Who assisted him 
in his intercourse with the In- 
dians ? By what means did she 
understand English ? Who was 
Thomas Bosomworth ? Whom 
did he marry ? What was his 
character ? What did he induce 



the chiefs to do ? What did he 
next persuade his wife to do ? 
Why were the Indians proud of 
Mary? What did she tell them? 
What did the Indians deter- 
mine to do? Who headed them? 
As they approached; who rode 
out, and bid them lay down 
their arms ? What did the In- 
dians do ? On coming into the 
city, who had a friendly talk 
with the Indians ? What did 
they reply? What did the couni- 
cil dire>ct should be done with 
Bosomworth ? What did Mary 
do upon this ? How was it 
thought advisable to dispose of 
Mary also ? 

How were the Indians ap- 
peased ? By what means was 
an attempt made to undeceive 
them ? How, at this moment, 
were all surprised ? What effect 
had the sight of their Queen 
upon the Indians ? Who suc- 
cessfully interposed to silence 
the Indians ? What was done 
with Mary ? What effect had 
imprisonment upon Bosom- 
worth and his wife ? What did 
they promise ? What did B. at- 
tempt after this in respect to 

Mary ? what in respect to 

three islands ? How did he at- 
tempt to sustain his claim in 
England ? Which island did he 
obtain ? Where did Mary die ? 
Wliom did B. marry ? After his 
death, where was he buried ? 

23. Against what town did 
Oglethorpe conduct an expedi- 
tion in 1740? With what effect? 

24. Who invaded Georgia in 
1742 ? With what success? 

§ In what way did Ogle- 
thorpe induce the Spaniards to 



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retire ? Give some account of 
his artful expedient ? Was this 
justifiable ? Why not? 

25. What was the condition 
of the colony in 1752 ? How 
much money had parliament 
given them ? To whom did the 
trustees surrender the charter? 

26. Against what kingdoms 
did Great Britain declare war 
in 1744 ? What was the most 
important event in this war to 
America ? 

§ On what island is Louis- 
burg ? Who built it ? For what 
purpose ? What was it some- 
times called ? Why ? How 
much had its fortifications cost? 
What did they consist of? 

20. Continued. Why was the 
acquisition of this place deemed 
important to New England ? 

§ By what forces was Louis- 
burg taken ? Who commanded 
the land forces? Who the naval 
forces? When were the forces 
landed ? In what way were 
cannon drawn towards the 
town ? While the siege was 
carried on, what ship did Com. 
Warren capture ? When did 
the enemy surrender the city 
and island ? How long had the 
siege lasted ? What was the 
value of stores and prizes taken? 
What other advantages gained? 

27. In what year did the 
French attempt to recover Lou- 
isburg ? Who headed the expe- 
dition ? How was the project 
defeated ? 

§ What is said particularly 
of the fate of the ships ? — what 
of the admiral.^ — what of the 
vice-admiral ? 

28. In what year was peace 



proclaimed? Whatis this treaty 
called? What were some of the 
terms of the treaty .-* 

29. Where were born and 
educated most of the peopk 
who now inhabit America ? 
What countries had furnished 
emigrants? What is said of the 
peculiarities of each class ? 

§ Who still preserve their 
peculiar manners ? Plow many 
varieties of manners might still 
be noticed ? What were they ? 
What is said of the austerity of 
the north ? What of the Dutch 
of New York ? What of the 
manners of the south? 

30. What is said of religious 
bigotry and intolerance ? What 
of religious persecution, at the 
close of this period ? 

§ What religious denomina- 
tions were introduced ? When 
was the Say brook platform 
formed ? In what year did an 
extensive revival of religion 
prevail in New England ? 
When did Whitfield come to 
America ? What was the effect 
of his eloquence ? 

31. What is said of trade ? 

§ Of what was the mother 
country jealous, from the com- 
mencement of the colonies? 
Why was she thus jealous ? In 
what way was her jealousy 
manifested ? Notwithstanding 
these restrictions, what is said 
of the trade and commerce o^ 
the colonies ? What article 
were exported to Englanr" 
Was the balance of trade in i 
vor or against the colonies 
How was that balance paid ? 

32. What is said of agricul- 
ture ? 



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§ What were the products 
Dfthe middle colonies? — what 
of the northern colonies ?— 
What of the southern ? — What 
bther resource had the south ? 

33. What articles were man- 
ufactured to some extent ? 
Were they sufficient for the 

e? 

When was the first news- 
paper printed in the county ? 
Where ? What was it called ? 
How many others were printed 
before the close of this period ? 

34. Number of inhabitants at 
the close of this period ? Num- 
ber broucrht over sea ? 

35. What difference was 
there between the provisions of 
the north and south with respect 
to education ? 

§ What college was founded 
in 1692? In what colony? Af- 
ter whom was it called ? When 
was Yale College, commenced ? 
Who commenced it ? When 
was the charter granted? Where 
was the first commencement 
held ? When ? When was the 
college removed ? To what 
place ? After whom was it call- 
ed ? Why ? When was Prince- 
ton college founded? By whom? 
When was it enlarged ? By 
whom ? What is this college 
sometimes called ? 

Miscellaneous Questions on 
Period III. 

1 1. For what is period III. dis- 
'nguished ? Is it longer or 
shorter than period I ? — than 
period II? By how many years? 
How long was its commence- 
ment after the discovery of San 



Salvador ? — after the settlement 
of Jan)estown ? — of Plymouth ? 

2. What wars occurred dur- 
ing this period? When did king 
William's war begin ? — when, 
end ? — in what treaty ? When 
did Ann's war begin ? How long 
was it ? In what treaty did it 
end ?— date of this treaty ? 
When did the war of George 
II begin? — when end? — in what 
treaty ? Which was the longest 
of these wars ? — which the most 
severe ? What Indian war be- 
gan in 1722 ? Who excited the 
Indians to this war ? What 
tribes were engaged in it ? In 
what year did it terminate ? 

3. When was Georgia set- 
tled ? By whom ? Who was the 
leader of the colony? How long 
after the settlement of James- 
town ? — of Pennsylvania ? — af- 
ter the Pequot war ? — after Phil- 
ip's war? What southern colony 
suffered most in Queen Ann's 
war? When did William ascend 
the throne ? What was done 
with Andros ? W^hat colonies 
resumed their charters ? What 
colony obtained a new char- 
ter? 

4. What insurrection occur- 
red in New York in 1689—90 ? 
— cause of it? — head of it? — is- 
sue of it? Who was Seth Sothel? 
History of his proceedings? 
When did the infatuation about 
witchcraft begin? Where? How 
long after the settlement of Ply- 
mouth ?— after the settlement of 
Connecticut? What distinguish- 
ed persons were accused ? Who 
was Sir William Phipps? What 
expedition did he lead? In what 
war ? With what success ? 



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5. What city was burned 
during William's war ? When ? 
Who was governor of Canada ? 
How many treaties were made 
during this period ? Titles of 
them ? Dates of them ? Who 
was the Marquis Nesmond ? 
What is said of an expedition 
under him ? Who was Mrs. 
Dustan ? Where did she live ? 
Relate the story of her suffer- 
ings ? In whose war did her 
captivity occur ? 
6. Upon whom chiefly did the 
war of Ann fall ? Why ? Who, 
during this war, was captured 
and carried to Canada? Where 
did Mr. Williams live? In what 
year was this ? When was Port 
Royal captured ? By whom ? 
Of what colony was Moore gov- 
ernor? What expedition did he 
plan ? Issue of it ? Who inva- 
ded Carolina in 1707 ? Issue of 
it? 

7. After whom was Georgia 
called? What were the objects 
of its settlement ? When was 
the government of Carolina 
changed from proprietary to 
royal ? What was the most im- 
portant event of the war of 
George II ? Population of the 
colonies at the close of period 
III ? When was Yale College 
founded ? How long after Cam- 
bridge ? How long after Hart- 
ford was settled ? — after Ply- 
mouth ? — after Columbus dis- 
covered America ? 

8. What newspaper was first 
printed in North America ? 
Where ? — in what year ? What 
were the provisions of the trea- 
ty of Ryswick ? Who settled in 
Carolina in 1710 ? Who plotted 



their destruction two years 
after ? By whom were they 
saved ? Who was Thomas Bo- 
som worth ? In the history of 
what colony does he figure ? 
Can you relate the principal in- 
cidents of his life ? When was 
Georgia invaded by the Span- 
iards ? By what stratagem did 
Oglethorpe relieve Georgiafrora 
the invaders ? 

9. Where is Louisburg? How 
was this fortified ? What was it 
called ? How long was it be- 
sieged before it was taken ? 
When did it surrender ? What 
colonies were engaged in the 
expedition ? 

PERIOD IV.— p. 124. 

For what is period IV distin- 
guished ? When did it begin ? 
When terminate ? 

Sec. 1. What was the state of 
the colonies at the peace of Aix- 
la-Chapelle ? By means of what 
had the war been carried on ? 
What was the amount of these 
bills of credit ? What had re- 
tarded the increase of popula- 
tion ? 

§ What were the expenses 
of the northern colonies during 
the war? What was the expense 
of Massachusetts in the expedi- 
tion against Cape Breton? How 
was the deficiency of money- 
supplied ? What was the ulti- 
mate depreciation of these bills ? 
What is said of the losses of 
Massachusetts and J\ew Hamp- 
shire, of znen, between 172,2 and 
1749 ? 

1. Continued.— How was the 
return of peace hailed ? How 



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did the enterprising spirit of the 
people exert itself? 

2. When did the French and 
Indian war commence ? How 
long was this after the treaty of 
Aix-la-Chapelle? Who was at 
that time king of Britain ? — 
who of France ? General cause 
of this war? 

§ Where were these en- 
croachments in the east? What 
were the French doing in the 
north and west ? What were 
they attempting ? 

2. Continued. — What circum- 
stance opened the war ? Of 
whom did the Ohio company 
consist? Of how much land had 
they obtained a charter ? Near 
what river ? For what purpose? 
What did the governor of Can- 
ada fear ? To whom did he ad- 
dress a letter ? What did he 
claim ? — what forbid ? 

§ Who had managed the 
Irade with the Indians ? What 
measures did the Pennsylvani- 
ans adopt in opposition to the 
Ohio company ? Whom did the 
French governor seize ? How 
did the Twightvvees retaliate ? 
Who were they ? 

2. Continued. — What commu- 
nications did the French open ? 
To whom did the Ohio compa- 
ny complain? Before whom did 
he lay the subject ? What did 
the assembly order ? 

3. Who was entrusted with 
this service ? Age of Washing- 
ton at this time ? How far had 
he to go ? What part of this 
distance lay through a wilder- 
ness ? What was the reply of 
the French commander ? 

4. What did the French, min- 

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istry instruct the Virginians to 
do ? What forces were raised for 
this purpose? Who was appoint- 
ed to command them ? When 
did Washington take up his 
march ? What was his suc- 
cess ? 

§ What did he learn on his 
arrival at the Great Meadows ? 
What further did he learn ? 
Under what circumstances did 
he surprise and capture this 
party ? What fort did he erect 
at the Great Meadows ? By 
whom was he attacked at Fort 
Necessity? What was the result 
of this attack ? 

5. War being perceived to be 
inevitable, what did the British 
ministry recommend to the col- 
onies ? By what colonies were 
delegates appointed? Where did 
they meet? When? What did 
the plan of union, adopted, re- 
semble? Who disapproved of it? 
Why the provincial assembhes ? 
Why the king's council ? 

§ What were some of the de- 
tails of this plan ? When was 
the plan proved and signed ? 
How long before the declara- 
tion of Independence ? What 
did the provincial assemblies 
declare that they would under- 
take if the Albany union should- 
be adopted ? Why did not the 
mother country agiee to this 
union? What substitute did she 
propose? What was her de- 
sign? How was this propcjsal 
received ? 

6. How many expeditions 
were planned by the colonies in 
1755 ? 

7, Who led the expedition 
against Nova Scotia ? What 



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was the success of this expedi- 
tion ? What did they do with 
the inhabitants ? 

8. Who led the expedition 
against the French on the Ohio? 
Against what fort did he pro- 
ceed ? Number of Braddock's 
troops ? Who followed ? When 
within a few miles of the fort, 
what advice did his officers give 
him ? What did he do notwith- 
standing ? Who was his aid ? 
What request did he make ? 
What took place when he was 
within seven miles of the fort ? 
What befel Braddock ? Issue of 
the action ? What was the loss 
of the English army ? 

§ To what was the defeat of 
Braddock to be ascribed ? In 
what estimation did he hold the 
provincial troops ? Neverthe- 
less, what Avas their conduct ? 
Whose retreat did they cover ? 
Who commanded ? 

9. Who led the expedition 
against Crown Point ? What 
was the success of this? What 
gloom, nevertheless, did it dis- 
pel ? 

§ Who commanded the 
French in that quarter ? What 
was his course ? What stores 
did he attempt to destroy? What 
plan was formed to defeat his 
purpose ? Who led the party 
detached for that object ? What 
was the result ? What is this 
battle called ? What renowned 
sachem fell in it ? After the 
retreat of the detachment, what 
action ensued ? What befel 
Dieskau ? What effect had 
this action upon the public 
mind ? Anecdote of Hendrick? 
Subsequent history of Dieskau? 



Character of him ? What stain 
attaches to his character ? 

10. Who led the expedition 
against Niagara ? Force em- 
ployed ? Why was the expe- 
dition abandoned ? \ 

11. Who succeeded Shirley \ 
in command? Until what time? • t 
What year was this ? How had I 
war been carried on till this i|l 
time? When was war declared? * 
What was the plan of opera- 
tions for '5G? Why not execut- 
ed ? Who succeeded Dieskau? 
What fort did he invest in Au- 
gust ? Where was fort Oswego 
situated? What measures dir' 
Lord Loudon take on receiving 
intelligence of his capture ? 

§ Of what lakes did the cap- 
ture of this fort give the enemy 
command ? — of what country ? 
What losses did the English k 
experience in men and stores ? * 

11. Continued. — What is said 
of offensive operations follow- 
ing this loss? To what was this 
suspension attributed? 

12. What expedition vi^as plan- 
ned in 1757 ? Why was it deem- 
ed inexpedient to proceed in 
it? 

13. What fort did Montcalm 
reduce on the north shore of 
lake George ? Number of tlie 
garrison ? Number of Mont- 
calm's forces ? How long did 
the garrison defend themselves? 

§ Who commanded the fort? 
From whom was assistance ex- 
pected ? Who volunteered to 
go ? Who, at length, forbid the 
march ? What capitulation was 
granted Col. Monroe ? IJow 
were the terms of it violated ? 
What excuse was made for this? 



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14. What change was made 
in the British administration in 
1758? What is said of Pitt ? 
In whose favor did the tide of 
success now turn ? What was 
the import of a circular which 
Pitt addressed to the colonial 
governors ? What three colo- 
nies unitedly raised three thou- 
sand men ? 

15. How many expeditions 
were proposed in 1758 ? 

16. Number of men sent 
against Louisburg ? Who com- 
mandfed them ? What naval of- 
ficer aided them .' What fleet ? 
What was the result ? What 
fell into the hands of the Eng- 
lish ? Of what did the English 
now become masters .'' 

17 Who succeeded Lord 
Ijoudon as commander-in-chief.'' 
What expedition did he con- 
duct .'* How many followed his 
standard ? What was the suc- 
cess of an attack upon Ticonde- 
roga .'' What was the loss of 
Abercrombie in men ? To what 
was this ill success attributed ? 
Where did Abercrombie retire.'' 
What fort soon after was taken 
by the English.^ Where was 
this fort ? Who conducted the 
expedition ? What fell into his 
hands ? 

18. What was the great bul- 
wark of the French in the west- 
ern regions ? To whom was en- 
trusted an expedition against it 
in 1758 ? Force employed ? 
Why was an attack needless .'' 
What change was made in the 
name of the place .'' How did 
this campaign end .'' 

19. What other event had an 
influence on the fortunate is- 



sues of the next year ? Where 
was this treaty concluded ? 

§ Managers of the treaty on 
the part of Great Britain ? 
What tribes were represented ? 

20. What did the campaign ? 
of 1759 have for its object ? 
How was it proposed to accom- 
plish this ? What were the 
strong holds of the French in 
Canada ? 

21. Who led the division 
against Ticonderoga ? With 
what success ? What other 
place soon after surrendered .'' 

22. Who commanded the sec- 
ond division.'' W^hat was the ob- 
ject of their expedition.' Result 
of it ? 

23. Who commanded the ex- 
pedition against Quebec ? At 
what place did he embark ? 
With what force ? Where did 
he land ? Which way from 
Quebec .'' What project did he 
at length attempt .'' On what 
heights was his army formed ? 
Who led the French ? When 
was the battle fought ? In 
whose favor did it end ? Pris- 
oners taken .'—enemy killed ? 
Loss of the English in killed 
and wounded ? 

§ What is said of the irieas- 
ures adopted by General Wolfe? 
What befel Wolfe through fa- 
tigue and watching ? On his 
recovery, what plan did he put 
into execution ? How high 
was the precipice which Wolfe 
and his men ascended ? Which 
of the leaders was slain on the 
field of battle ? What did Wolfe 
say on hearing that the French 
were flying ? What became of 
Montcalm ? How did he em- 



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ploy his last moments ? When 
informed that his wound was 
mortal, what did he reply ? 

24. The capture of what place 
soon followed ? Why did it 
not terminate the war ? 

25. When did the French 
attempt to retake Quebec ? Who 
commanded the expedition on 
the part of the French ? Who 
commanded the English forces? 
Issue of a bloody battle fought 
at Sillsery ? Why did not the 
French then take the city ? 

'■id. What important fortress 
still remained in possession of 
the French ? What plan was 
adopted to take possession of it ? 
Under what circumstances was 
it surrendered ? What other 
places were surrendered ? 

27. How long had this war 
lasted ? In view of its success- 
ful termination, how did the 
colonies express their joy and 
gratitude ? 

28. By what Indians were 
the colonies of N. and S. Caro- 
lina invaded during this war? 
By whom were they defeated ? 
In what year ? 

29. When was the treaty 
signed that closed the war ? At 
what place ? What cessions 
were made to the British 
crown? 

30. In what did the change 
of manners in the colonies, dur- 
ing this period, chiefly consist ? 
What becan to be introduced 
among them ? Why did not 
this produce an enervation of 
character ? 

31. What religious sect was 
introduced in America? In what 
year ? Where did they settle ? 



§ What, until this war had 
been the religious character of 
the colonies ? By what means 
was infidelity introduced into 
the army ?— how into the soci- 
ety .' — the effect of it ? 

32. What is said of trade and 
commerce, during this period ? 

33. What of agriculture ? 

34. Why did not arts and 
manufactures advance? 

35. Population at the close of 
this period ? 

36. What college was found- 
ed in New Hampshire ? In 
what year ? After whom call- 
ed ? What university in Rhode 
Island ? Where ? In what 
year incorporated ? 

Miscellaneous Questions on 
Period IV. 

1. For what is period IV dis- 
tinguished ? With what event 
does it begin ? How long was 
this after the settlement of 
Jamestown ? How long from 
the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ? \ 
General cause of this war ? In 
what year did it end ? In what 
treaty ? What were the pro- 
visions of the treaty of Pa- 
ris ? 

2. Between whom was a plan 
of union adopted in 1754 ? 
Where? What did it resemble ? 
On what day of what month 
was this plan signed ? How 
long before the declaration of 
independence ? What fort was 
on that dav surrendered ? How 
old was Washington when first 
called to public service ? What 
duty was assigned him ? How 
did he perform it ? 



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3. Where was Braddock de- 
feated ? Year, month, and day, 
of liis defeat ? How long after 
the accession of William, Prince 
of Orange, to ihe throne of Eng- 
land ? — after the settlement of 
Jamestown ? What four expe- 
ditions were planned in 1755? 
Which were successful? Which 
otherwise ? Who commanded 
in that against Nova tScotia? — 
against the French on the 
Ohio? — against Crown Point? 
— against Niagara ? What was 
the principal expedition of the 
campaign of 1758 ? What was 
its issue ? What fort was sur- 
rendered to the French ? Who 
commanded the French ? Who 
gallantly defended Fort Wil- 
liam Henry ? 

4. What change was made 
in the ministers of England in 
1758 ? What expeditions were 
planned in 175S ? Wliich were 
successful ? Which otherwise ? 
Commander of the expedition 
against Louisburg ? — against 
Ticonderoga? — Fortdu Quesne? 
What treaty was formed in 
1758 ? Where ? Influence of 
it? 

5. Great object of the cam- 
paign of 1759 ? What were 
the strong holds of the French 
in Canada ? Which of these 
was surrendered without a bat- 
tle ? To whom did Niagara 
surrender? Who commanded 
the expedition a^>-ainst Quebec ? 
What do you understand by the 
heights of Abraham ? For what 
will these ever be memorable ? 
What two generals here lost 
their lives? When was the 
battle fought? What did this 

4'* 



battle decide ? How long was 
this battle after the Pequot war? 
— after the settlement of Ply- 
mouth ? 

PERIOD v.— p. 149. 

For what is period V. distin- 
guished ? When did it begin ? 
When terminate ? — 

Sec. 1. In what year did the 
war of the revolution begin ? 
Where was the first blood shed? 

2. Had the first settlers any 
intention of establishing a gov- 
ernor independent of that of 
England ? On the contrary, 
what did they call England ? 

§ What causes existed cal- 
culated to weaken their attach- 
ment ? Nevertheless, what did 
they say of England ? 

3. Before the peace of 1763^ 
what subject had been wisely 



let ale 



Who had taxed the 



colonies ? When was the first 
revenue act passed by parlia- 
ment? What duty was laid? 

4. Why did not the colonies 
approve of this ? Could the 
colonies, however, submit to 
it? 

§ On the subject of taxing 
the colonies, what was asserted 
in the mother country ? What 
was contended in the colonies ? 
What was the hinge upon which 
the revolution turned ? 

5. What oppressive act fol- 
lowed the act which laid a duty 
on sugar, &c ? In what year 
was the stamp act passed ? 
What did this act ordain ? 

§ What minister vehemently 
declaimed in favor of the stamp 
act ? Who indignantly replied . 



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to him ? To what did Colonel 
Barre ascribe tlie planting of 
our fathers in America? By 
what means had they grown ? 
How had they employed their 
arms? What did Dr. Franklin 
write to Charles Thompson ? 
What did Mr. Thompson reply ? 

6. What was the effect of the 
news of the stamp act in Amer- 
ica ? Who passed resolutions 
against it ? 

§ What assembly first met 
after the news of the act? Who 
introduced resolutions into the 
house of burgesses ? What 
did the first four of these assert ? 
What did the fifth deny ? What 
is said of the debate on these ? 
What did they evince ' What 
lesson did they convey to the 
ministry of Great Britain ? By 
what majority were they car- 
ried ? What did Henry assert ? 
Why did he pause ? What did 
he add ? What is said of the 
iifth resolution ? Where were 
copies of these resolutions sent ? 
What was their effect? 

7. What colony soon after 
recommended a meeting of a 
colonial Congress ? How many 
members assembled ? Where ? 
When ? Against what did they 
remonstrate ? For what peti- 
tion ? What instrument did 
they draw up ? What in this 
did they declare to be insepara- 
ble ? 

§ Had the colony of Massa- 
chusetts a knowledge of the 
proceedings in Virginia prior to 
the above recommendation ? 
What colonies sent commission- 
ers ? Who was chosen presi- 
dent ? In their declaration, { 



what did they acknowledge .' — 
what claim ? — what declare ? 
When did they adjourn ? Who 
left New York without signing 
the address and petitions? The 
commissioners of how many 
colonies did sign ? Why not 
the others? What is said of 
the subsequent sanction of the 
proceedings ? 

8. When did the stamp act 
come into operation ? What is 
said of the stamps which had 
been sent from England ? What 
had become of them ? Conse- 
quence of this ? Who contin- 
ued their occupation ? Why 
were not Gazettes from Canada 
taken? What is said of courts 
of justice .'' — What of marriage ? 

§ Flow was tlie opposition to 
the stamp act manifested in 
Boston ? What was done with 
the effigies towards evening ? 
How was the stamp office of 
Oliver treated ? — How his other 
premises ? What upon this did 
Oliver do ? 

9. What associations were 
formed about this time ? Object 
of them ? What societies were 
instituted ? What did they 
resolve ? 

§ What did these societies 
deny themselves ? Why were 
sheep forbidden as food ? What 
was the effect upon British 
merchants ? What upon arti- 
ficers and manufacturers in 
England ? 

10. What fortunate change 
took place in the administration 
of England ? Who was ap- 
pointed first lord of the treas- 
ury ? Who were secretaries of 
state ? Of what was the new 



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ministry convinced ? What 
motion was made in parlia- 
ment ? By what means was 
the repealing act carried? What 
was the language of the declara- 
tory act ? 

§ What is said of the king's 
speech in 1766 ? What did Mr. 
Pitt declare in his famous 
speech ? Who introduced the 
motion to repeal the stamp act? 
What is said of the debate ? 
How many voted for it ? How 
many against it ? How was 
Pitt treaied when the result 
was made known ? What is 
said of the opposition of the 
house of peers ? To what was 
the bench of bishops inclined ? 
By what majority was the mo- 
tion to repeal carried ? 

11. How were the colonies 
affected by the repeal of the 
stamp act ? What right did 
they think the British had re- 
linquished ? How did they 
manifest their better feelings ? 

§ What vote was taken by 
the house of representatives of 
Massachusetts ? What was 
resolved by the house of bur- 
gesses in Virginia ? 

12. What change of adminis- 
tration was made in 1766 ? Of 
whom was the new ministry 
composed ? What new mem- 
ber was hostile to America? 
What plan did he introduce 
into parliament in 1767 ? By 
whose influence ? 

13. Where was Mr. Pitt, dur- 
ing the discussion of this bill? 
What is said of its passage? 
What other acts were passed ? 

14. What did these acts occa- 
sion in America? What was 



thought of the new duties ? 
What did several colonies do ? 
§ On what occasion was the 
public indignation expressed ? 
In what manner ? What did 
the custom house officers do ? 
What was the conduct of the 
Bostonians ? Where did the 
officers retire ? Why ? 

15. By what means was the 
public excitement soon after 
increased ? What was the ob- 
ject of sending troops ? 

§ In what manner were the 
troops marched on to the com- 
mon ? What demands were 
made upon the selectmen of 
Boston ? Upon their refusal, 
how were the troops disposed 
of ? What was done by the 
governor next day ? How were 
the inhabitants treated by the 
sentinels ? How was the Lord's 
day profaned ? 

16. What request did parlia- 
ment make to the king in 1769 ? 
What is said of this measure ? 

§ Whs-t spirited resolutions 
were passed by the Virginia 
assembly on that occasion ? 
How did the royal governor 
punish the assembly ? What 
did the assembly of Massachu- 
setts refuse to do in May fol- 
lowing ? To what place did 
the governor adjourn the assem- 
bly ? What occurred at this 
latter place ? 

17. Who succeeded the Duke 
of Grafton in 1770 ? What bill 
did this gentleman introduce in 
March ? Why was tea except- 
ed? 

18. What horrible scene was 
exhibited in Boston, March 5th 
1770? 



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§ When did the quarrel com- 
mence ? Between whom? Who 
gave the provocation ? What 
took place on the fifth ? How 
many citizens were killed ? 
How many wounded ? What 
took place in the town ? How 
w^as the commotion settled ? 
Who was imprisoned ? Result 
of their trial ? What is said of 
the evening of that day in sub- 
sequent years ? 

19. What fresh obstacle to a 
reconciliation occurred in 1772 ? 

§ Why was this vessel de- 
stroyed ? What order was made 
upon a Providence packet ? 
Upon refusal, what was done ? 
How did the master of the 
packet manage ? What took 
place the following night ? For 
what did the governor offer a 
reward ? What sum ? What 
was the report of commissioners 
appointed to investigate the 
offence ? 

20. When were committees 
of correspondence and inquiry 
instituted ? For what purpose ? 

§ Where had this measure 
its origin ? By means of what 
meeting ? On learning the 
proceeding of the house of 
Massachusetts, what resolution 
did the V^irginia house of bur- 
gesses adopt .-^ How did the oth- 
er colonial assemblies act upon 
the recommendation of Vir- 
ginia ? 

21. Why had little tea been 
brought into the country for 
some time before 1773 ? Where 
was the tea of the East India 
company ? What bill was in- 
troduced into parliament for 
their relief ? How would this 



bill affect the price of tea in the 
colonies ? What duty was paid 
on this tea ? Why ? 

§ To what places was tea 
shipped ? Before its arrival, 
what resolutions had been form- 
ed by the inhabitants of those 
places? What became of the 
cargo destined for Charleston ? 
What is said of the vessels 
which brought tea to Philadel- 
phia and New York. What 
was designed by the leading pa- 
triots of Boston ? Why could 
they not effect their purpose ? 
What resolutions were passed 
in several town meetings ? 
What orders were given to the 
captains of the vessels ? Why 
was another meeting of the citi- 
zens of Boston dissolved ? 
What secret plan had been form- 
ed ? In what manner was this 
plan carried into execution ? 

22. What effect had the in- 
telligence of these procedings 
in parliament ? What bill was 
passed by way of revenge ? 
Of what privilege did this bill 
deprive the citizens ? What did 
the second bill essentially alter ? 
What did a tl^ird direct the gov- 
ernor to do ? 

23. On the arrival of these 
acts, what vote did the tovi^n of 
Boston pass ? How did ihe 
house of burgesses of Vir- 
ginia express their sympathy 
ibr the people of Boston ? 

§ What names were at this 
time introJuced to distinguish 
parties ? Who were whigs ? — 
who tories ? 

24. Where did the continen- 
tal Congress of 1774 convene ? 
How many colonies were rep- 



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resented ? Who was elected 
president ?— who secretary ? 
What was agreed upon ? — 
what recommended ? — what 
voted ? 

§ What is said of the Con- 
gress of 1774 ? What did the 
Earl of Chatham remark of 
them ? How did a popular bard 
celebrate them ? 

25. When was an assembly 
ordered by Governor Gage of 
Massachusetts to convene ? 
Why did he countermand this 
order ? Where did they meet, 
and to what place adjourn ? 
Whom did they choose presi- 
dent ? To what place did they 
adjourn, and what did they do ? 

! § When did this Congress 
meet again ? What did they 
resolve to do ? 

26. What is meant by the 
conciliatory bill ? Who intro- 
duced it in the house of lords .'' 
Whf n ? What was its fate ? 

§ What bill was introduced 
the following day .? What re- 
strictions were imposed ? 

27. Where was shed the first 
blood in the revolution ? Who 
was the royal governor at that 
time ? Why did he send a 
body of soldiers to Concord .'' 
Their number ^ Who were the 
principal officers t When did 
they arrive at Lexington .-' How 
many of the militia did they 
meet at Lexington ? How 
many of them were killed .' 

§ What measures had Gover- 
aor Gage taken to prevent the 
ntelligence of this expedition 
from reaching the country ^ 
What did Pitcairn say to the 
militia at Lexington ? What 



did he then do ? From Lexing- 
ton whither did the British 
troops proceed .' What did they 
do at Concord .? Whither did 
they now retreat .? What was 
the conduct of the Americans .'' 
Who came to the reinforcement 
of the British .=' With how 
many men .'' In this excursion 
what was the loss of the British, 
in killed and wounded .? 

28. What fortresses was it 
now deemed important to se- 
cure ? Who conducted the 
expedition against these for- 
tresses .'' What was their suc- 
cess ? When was Ticonderoga 
taken .? 

§ Who demanded its surren- 
der .? — In what name ? 

29. What memorable battle 
soon followed ? Month and 
day, on which the battle was 
fought ^ Where was the battle 
actually fought ? Where is that 
hill ? 

§ How many men were sent 
to fortify Bunker Hill ? What 
was the result of their labors, 
by the dawn of day ? When 
did the British discover the 
redoubt .' How did they at- 
tempt to annoy them ? From 
what hill did the British fire .'' 
What was the conduct of the 
Americans, while thus cannon- 
aded .? Their loss, during the 
forenoon .'' How many British 
were sent to attack them ? Un- 
der whose command ? Which 
commenced firing.' At what 
distance did the Americans 
return the fire .? Effect of it ^ 
How near did the Americans 
suffer the British to approach 
before they fired tJie second 



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time ? What was the effect of 
this fire ? What took place on 
the third charge of the British ? 
Why were the Americans com- 
pelled to retire ? Loss of the 
British? Loss of the Ameri- 
cans ? What distinfiTuished Brit- 
ish officer fell ? What distin- 
guished American ? How were 
the horrors of the scene greatly 
increased ? By whose orders ? 
How many persons became 
houseless by this conflagration ? 
Amount of property destroyed ? 
Number of houses burnt? Con- 
sequences of this battle to the 
Americans ? What did they 
learn about their enemies ? Of 
what else did they learn the 
importance ? What was the 
effect of this battle upon the 
nation ? 

30. When did the second 
jcontinental Congress meet ? 
Where ? Whom did Congress 
choose ascommander-in-chief of 
the armies ? 

§ Who suggested the choice 
of this man ? Where at this 
time was the army ? Under 
whose command ? What did 
Mr. Adams urge in respect to 
the army ? Whom did he tell 
Congress was not the man for 
commander-in-chief? Whom 
did he say was the man ? Where 
was Washington sitting, when 
he was nominated by Mr. 
Adams ? What did he do ? 
Why did Congress adjourn ? 
What took place the following 
day ? What resolution did they 
adopt ? How many major gen- 
erals were appointed ? Names ? 
How many brigadier generals ? 
31. Where did Washington 



take command of the army ? 
How was he received ? Num- 
ber of the American army ? 
Over what region were they 
spread ? What places did the 



British forces occu 



py 



§ To what was the attention 
of the commander-in-chief di- 
rected ? What did he intro- 
duce into the army ? Under 
what control did he bring the 
soldiers ? 

32. What expedition was 
planned against Canada ? To 
whom assigned ? Where is St. 
Johns ? Who captured it ? 
What other city did Montgom- 
ery take ? Whilher did he now 
proceed ? Who was waiting to 
aid him ? Who had sent Ar- 
nold ? With how many men ? 
By what route ? What had 
Arnold done before Montgom- 
ery's arrival ? 

§ What is said of this expe- 
dition of Arnold's ? What was 
the leno-th of their journey ? 
What failed them ? To what 
did they resort for a support.', 
What time did they occupy in 
their journey ? 

33. What plan was laid for 
the reduction of Quebec ? Was 
the siege successful ? What 
attacks were then made ? Issue 
of these attacks ? What offi- 
cers fell? Whither did Arnold 
retire ? When did Arnold leave 
Canada ? When did the Amer- 
icans evacuate Canada ? 

§ Number of the garrison at 
Quebec, at the time of tlie above 
attack? Forces of the Ameri- 
cans ? Loss of the latter ? How 
did Congress honor the memory 
of Montgomery ? What did 



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New York do in 1818 in respect 
to his remains ? 

34. Wlio was the royal gov- 
srnor of Virginia in 1775 ? 
What was the result of his in- 
discretion ? What is said of 
,he Virginians, in respect to the 
controversy with Great Brit- 
lin ? IIow did Dunmore at- 
tempt to thwart their measures 
jf defence ? What did this con- 
iuct occasion ? Where did 
Dunmore retire ? Why? What 
ivas the import of his proclama- 
Tiation ? What town did he 
jurn ? Why ? Estimated loss 
3f property ? JN umber of per- 
sons deprived of habitations? 

§ Whither did the royal gov- 
;rnors of N. and S. Carolina 
retire ? When did the royal 
government generally termi- 
nate ? 

35. In the spring of what 
y^ear, how did Washington at- 
tempt to expel the British from 
Boston ? What heights were 
:aken possession and fortified ? 
What did these heights com- 
mand ? How many Americans 
ivere engaged to' fortify the 
leights ? How were the Brit- 
sh affected when they discov- 
?red the works ? What did the 
English Admiral declare? What 
did the British determine upon ? 
When (lid they evacuate Bos- 
ton ? Whither did they retire ? 
Under whose command ? What 
iid General Washington then 
do^ 

§ In what manner did Wash- 
ington enter Boston ? How 
tvas he received by the people ? 
How long had they suffered 
from an insolent soldiery ? Hov/ 



many families of the royalists 
departed with the British ? For 
what purpose had churches 
been stripped of their pews and 
benches ? What other robbe- 
ries had been committed ? 

36. Near what city is Sulli- 
van's Island ? In what year 
was an attack made upon a fort 
on that island ? By what Brit- 
ish commander ? Issue of the 
attack ? 

§ Who defended the fort ? 
Number of the garrison ? Force 
of the British ? By means of 
this repulse what states enjoyed 
a respite from war ? How lon^.*^ 
Who distinguished himself dur- 
ing the attack on fort Moultrie? 
What heroic act did he achieve ? 

37. Who made the motion 
for the declaration of indepen- 
dence in Congress ? When •* 
When was it further discussed ? 
To what day was it postponed ? 
What committee was raised ? 
Who composed this commit- 
tee ? 

§ Who stood first on this 
committee ? Who second ? 
Who were requested to prepare 
a draft of the declaration ? Who 
drew up the paper ? What al- 
terations were made in it ? To 
whom belongs the honor of 
having prepared this declara- 
tion ? Who was its great sup- 
porter on the floor of Congress ? 
What did Mr, Jefferson say of 
Mr. Adams, on one occasion .'' — 
what at another time ? 

39. When was the impor- 
tant declaration of indepen- 
dence made ? How many col- 
onies were concerned ? 

§ When was this declaration 



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signed ? By whom ? In wliat 
light was it known that the 
signing of this declaration in 
England would be regarded ? 
Yet, how did they proceed to 
the transaction ? Who signed 
his name with a trembling 
hand ? Why ? Who led the 
way ? With what force did he 
sign his name ? Where is the 
pen that they used on this occa- 
sion ? Number who signed the 
declaration ? Average length 
of their lives ? To what age 
did four attain ? To what age ' 
fourteen ? — twenty-three oth- | 
ers ? Number of the New I 
England delegation ? Average 
length of their lives ? What i 
may be one reason why the [ 
lives of these men were thus i 
prolonged ? What may have 
been the design of Providence ? 
How many of this body still 
live ? Though dead, how do 
they yet live ? How will they 
long live ? How was the dec- | 
laration of independence re- j 
ceived by the people ? 

40. On the evacuation of Bos- j 
ton by the British, whither did 
Washington remove his head 
quarters ? Why ? 

41. When did the British ar- 
my return from Halifax .'' Off 
what place did they appear.' 
By whom was it reinforced ? 
Number of the combined forces .'' 
Where did they land ? 

42. What communication did 
General and Admiral Howe 
make to Washington ? Why did 
the latter decline it ? What 
were their powers .'' 

43. Number of theAmerican 
army in and near New York ? 



Where was a part encamped ? 
Who commanded it ? By whom 
was this division attacked ? Is- 
sue of the attack ? 

§ What is said of Wash- 
ington, on beholding the slaugh- 
ter of his troops ? Why did he 
not call in his forces at N. York ? 

44. Why did Washington 
evacuate the city of New 
York .' When did the British 
enter it .' 

§ What is said of the retreat 
of the American troops from 
Long Island .'' When was it 
made ? What circumstances 
prevented the passage ? What 
change, fortunate for the Amer- 
icans, took place ? What other 
lemarkable circumstance can 
you mention ? When did the 
English first discover the re- 
treat of the Americans ? 

45. What place did Washing- 
ton occupy on retiring from 
New York ? 

46. Whither did Washington 
next retire ? By whom was he 
attacked at White Plains ? . Is- 
sue of the engagement f Whith- 
er did Washington next retire ? 
How far from White Plains .'' 
Why ? What force did he 
leave under command of Gen. 
Lee.'' What river did Wash- 
ington pass, and where take 
post ? 

47. When was fort Wash- 
ington attacked ? Who defend- 
ed it ? What was he, at length, 
obliged to do ? Number of 
prisoners surrendered ? What 
fort was next evacuated ? 
Where was Washington at 
this time .-' 
48. Why did Washington 



49 



leave Newark ? Whither did 
he retreat ? To what places 
was this retreat continued ? 

§ What circumstances ren- 
dered this retreat from New 
Jersey peculiary trying ? ^ To 
what number was the American 
army reduced ? W^iat were 
the accommodations of the sol- 
diers ? What was the conduct 
of leading characters in New 
Jersey and Pennsylvania? What 
prospect presented itself on all 
sides ? What is said of Wash- 
ington during these times of 
trial ? — what of Congress ? 

49. When were articles of 
confederation signed by Con- 
gress ? Why were such arti- 
cles necessary ? To whom 
were they sent ? 

50. To what number was the 
army of Washington soon in- 
creased ? What did he now 
resolve upon ? Why ? When 
was the Delaware crossed ? Re- 
sult of the battle of Trenton ? 

§ What obstructed the pas- 
sage of the Delaware ? At 
what time did they expect to 
reach Trenton ? When did 
they reach it ? What retarded 
their march ? 

51 Wliat battle soon follow- 
ed that of Trenton ? When was 
this batUe fought ? Result 
of it? 

52. Winter quarters of Wash- 
ington in 1777 ? What disor- 
der at this time appeared among 
the troops ? By what means 
was its violence diminished ? 

53. Amount of Washington's 
army on the opening of the 
campaign of 1777 ? Near the 
close of what iuonth did Wash- 

5 



ington leave Morristown ? 
Where had the royal army win- 
tered ? What is said of the 
movements of the respective 
armies ? 

§ At what town in Con- 
necticut had the British destroy- 
ed a great quantity of stores 
in April? Number of houses 
burnt ? Number of persons 
murdered? By whom was this 
party attacked ? Who was 
mortally wounded ? Where did 
Arnold attack them ? Whither 
did they retreat ? — the loss of 
the British during this excur- 
sion ? How did Congress re- 
solve to honor the memory of 
Wooster ? In what manner 
was Arnold rewarded ? 

54 With what force did Gen. 
Howe embark for the Chesa- 
peake ? When and where did 
he land ? What was the de- 
sign of Howe ? What move- 
ment did W^ashington make to 
prevent it ? Where did the two 
armies meet ? When ? What 
occurred ? 

§ Loss of the Americans in 
this action ? Loss of the Brit- 
ish ? What foreign officer 
greatly distinguished himself? 
What did Congress recommend 
to Washington after the battle 
of Brandy wine ? Where was 
the enemy met ? Why were 
the American troops compelled 
to withdraw ? 

55. When did Howe enter 
Philadelphia ? Where was sta- 
tioned a principal part of the 
British army ? To what place 
had Congress adjourned? Vv'here 
was Washington's encamp- 
ment ? 



50 



56. When was the battle of 
Germantovvn -* Issue of it? 
Whither did the British re- 
move ? Whither did Washing- 
ton retreat ? 

§ On what account was 
Washington much chagrined 
by the issue of this battle ? To 
what was the failure attributed ? 
What sentiment did Congress 
express ? 

57. What plan was adopted 
in England in 1777, for an inva- 
sion of the States ? What was 
the object of this plan ? What 
is said in section 28 .'' — what 
in 32 .'' — in 33 .'' To whom was 
the execution of the above plan 
committed .' Force of Bur- 
goyne ? 

58. What important fortress 
did Burgoyne infest July 1st ? 
Commander of the fortress .'' 
Number of the garrison .'' Is- 
sue of the siege .? Whither did 
St. Clair retreat ? Who was 
commander of the Northern 
army .'' Where did St. Clair 
join Schuyler ? On what isl- 
and did the army take post 
on the 18th of August ? 

59. Where did Burgoyne de- 
stroy a quantity of military 
stores ? How long did he 
stay at this place .'' To what 
fort did he then proceed ? By 
whom was his army obstructed ? 
In what manner .'' 

60. In what state is Benning- 
ton .'' Whom did Burgoyne 
send to seize stores at that place .' 
Who commanded them .'' Who 
attacked them ? Result .'' 

§ On his arrival at Benning- 
ton, what did Baum learn ? For 
what did he send to Burgoyne ? 



Whither was Stark marching 
when he heard of Baum's ap- 
proach ? When did the battle 
occur .'' Who arrived at a most 
critical moment .'' Was the 
battle now renewed ? How 
did it end ? Loss ol the British ? 
Loss of the Americans .'' 

61 Effect of the battle at 
Bennington on the Americans ? 
— upon Burgoyne .'' Of what 
was he in want .'' What ques- 
tion did he find it difficult to 
settle .'' What did he decide 
upon .-' When did he pass the 
Hudson ? Where did he take 
post ? Near what army ? Who 
commanded the American ar- 
my ? 

62. When did the two armies 
first meet ? Issue of this en- 
gagement ? When was the 
battle renewed ? What ended 
it ? What attempt did the roy- 
al army make to retreat .^ Why 
did they not proceed ? What 
decision was then formed by a 
British council of war ? How 
many men were surrendered ? 
When was this surrender made.** 
Whom did Gates depute to 
carry the tidings to Congress ? 
What did he say on being intro- 
duced into the hall in Con- 
gress .'' 

63. How were the Americans 
affected by the surrender of 
Burgoyne ? To what did they 
now look forward ? Who short- 
ly after acknowledged the inde- 
pendence of America ? What 
was this acknowledgement soc n 
followed by .^ When was t'le 
treaty signed .'' 

§. How long had American 
commissioners been at the court 



51 



of France ? Who was at their 
iiead ? What had they urged ? 
Why had they not succeeded ? 
What decided France to espouse 
the American cause ? 

64. Where were the winter 
quarters of the British at the 
close of 1777? Where those of 
the American army ? 

§ Of what were the Ameri- 
can troops soon in danger ? 
Where did the inhabitants con- 
ceal their provision ? How 
much had bills of credit dimin- 
ished in value ? Of what neces- 
saries were the army in want ? 
How was the royal army enjoy- 
ing itself? 

°65. What resolution was 
adopted in Great Britain on the 
alliance of France with Ameri- 
ca ? Where was it determined 
to concentrate the royal force ? 
When did it evacuate Philadel- 
phia? 

§ Who pursued the British 
in their retreat to New Jersey ? 
Where did the two armies come 
to an engagement ? Where is 
Monmouth ? Which had the 
advantage ? Where did Wash- 
ington and his army repose? 
Why did not they renew the 
attack in the morning ? What 
is said of the sufferings of both 
armies during this engagement ? 
66. What naval force arrived 
at Rhode Island from France ? 
In what year and month ? Com- 
mander of it ? How long had 
Rhode Island been in possession 
of the British ? 

• § Who followed D'Estaing 
to Rhode Island ? What was 
the conduct of D'Estaing on 
the appearance of Howe? What 



separated the fleets ? W^here 
did D'Estaing go for repairs ? 
Where did Howe go after the 
storm ? Whom did he land ? 
What fortunate occurrence had 
taken place the day before ? 

67. When did the southern 
states become the principal 
theatre of the war ? Which 
state was attacked first ? Why ? 
What was the issue of an attack 
on Savannah by Colonel Camp- 
bell ? , „, 
§ Who opposed Campbell? 
What did his force consist of? 
How many Americans were 
killed ? How many taken pris- 
oners ? What is said of Count 
D'Estaing in 1779? When 
did he arrive on the coast of 
Georgia ? What force fell into 
his hands ? Who marched to 
co-operate with him in the re- 
duction of Savannah ? What 
took place before Lincoln's ar- 
rival ? Who was the British 
commander ? What did he re- 
quest of D'Estaing ? Upon 
receivino- a reinforcement how 
did he ti^at D'Estaing ? What 
was the issue of an assualt upon 
the British by D'Estaing and 
Lincoln ? 

68 What was the character 
of the campaign of 1779 ? What 
appeared to be the chief aim of 
the British ? What is said of 
an expedition against Virginia ? 
Who commanded an expedition 
against Connecticut? What 
city was plundered ? What 
towns were burnt ? 

& What buildings were burnt 
at Fairfield ?— What at Nor- 
walk ? What inhuman act 
was committed against a per- 



52 



son at New Haven ? What is 
said of their conduct at Fair- 
field ? Who was attacked at 
Horse Neck ? What force had 
Tryon ? What was Putnam's 
force ? Where did Putnam 
place his cannon ? How did 
Putnam dispose of his men ? 
How did he dispose of himself? 

69. Where is Stony Point ? 
When was this place reduced 
by the Americans ? What is 
said of this enterprise ? 

§ Number of the garrison at 
Stony Point? Who conduct- 
ed the attack ? What were 
some of the circumstances of 
this attack ? Loss of the Eng- 
lish ? What imparted new 
effulgence to the victory ? 

70. What other expedition 
did the Americans execute in 
1779 ? Who conducted it ? 
What was his force ? What is 
said of the resistance of the sav- 
ages ? Issue of the expedition ? 

71 i What was one of the 
causes of the feeble exertions of 
the Americans in 1779 ? What 
other cause for their inactivity 
was still more powerful ? 

§ When were bills of credit 
first issued by Congress ? What 
was the amount of these bills 
in 1780 ? What was the pro- 
gress of their depreciation ? 
How great was the final depre- 
ciation of paper money? Causes 
of this depreciation ? What 
were some of the evils which 
resulted ? What reflects the 
highest honor upon Washing- 
tori ? 

72. For what object did Clin- 
ton embark for the South in 
1779 ? With how many men ? 



When did he reduce Charles- 
ton ? 

§ Who was the American 
commander ? Who was gover- 
nor of SouthCarolina ? Who ad- 
vised Lincoln to capitulate ? 
What number of men were sur- 
rendered to the British ? Which 
lost the most men, during the 



siegt 



To what humiliation 



were the Americans subjected ? 
When, and hov/ was this re- 
taliated ? 

73. To what city did Clinton 
return, after the surrender of 
the city of Charleston ? Whom 
did he leave in command ? 
With how many men ? Where 
were British garrisons placed ? 
What general performed many 
gallant exploits in that region ? 

74. Who superseded General 
Lincoln? Amount of his force ? 
Of whom composed ? Who at 
this time commanded on the 
frontier ? Where did he con- 
centrate the royal forces ? Who 
joined them at Caraden ? 
"Where did the armies meet ? 
When ? Which gained the 
advantage ? Why ? 

§ What militia threw down 
their arms and fled ? Who fol- 
lowed their example ? What 
was the conduct of the conti- 
nental troops ? What brave offi- 
cer fell ? Who was De Kalb ? 
How did Congress honor his 
memory ? What is said of the 
battle of Camden ? 

75. What is said of the effect 
of this defeat upon the Ameri- 
can affairs ? When, however, 
did their prospects begin to 
brighten ? What was the con- 
duct of the conquerors r 



53 



76. Who invaded New Jer- 
spy ia June ? With what force? 
What was their conduct ? 

§ What bloody act was com- 
mitted at Connecticut Farms ? 
How was it attempted to be ex- 
cused ? 

77. How did the inhabitants 
suffer in addition to these pred- 
atory incursions ? 

§ Where had Washington 
encamped the preceding win- 
ter ? What name was given 
to that winter ? What prospect 
was often before Washington ? 
What is said of the return of 
spring ? What report of the 
state of tlie army did a com- 
mittee from Congress make to 
that body ? 

78. What is said of the Amer- 
icans in the midst of their dis- 
tresses ? 

79. What force arrived from 
France in Rhode Island in 
July .'' Who was the naval 
commander .'' What land force 
was brought out ? Commander 
of these ? Feelings of the 
Americans on this event ? 
Why did not the French assist 
the Americans ? 

80. Where is West Point? 
How far from N. York ? Who 
obtained the command of this 
fortress in 1780 ? With whom 
did Arnold enter into nego- 
tiations to deUver it up? Who 
was the British agent in this 
negotiation ? What became of 
him ? What became of Ar- 
nold ? 

§. What was the military 
rank of Andre ? In what ves- 
sel did he ascend the North 
River ? Whom did he meet ? 
5* 



After his interview with Ar- 
nold, why did he not return in 
the Vulture ? How was he 
compelled to return ? What 
name did he assume ? Where 
was he arrested ? By whom ? 
What did he offer to the men 
to release him ? With what 
effect ? To whom did they 
conduct him ? How did Ar- 
nold effect his escape ? Where 
did he take refuge ? By whom 
was Andre tried ? Who was 
president ? What was their 
decision ? How was Andre 
regarded by the American ar- 



my 



What British officer en- 



deavored to save him ? What 
request did Andre make of 
Washington ? Why did Andre 
prefer being shot to being 
hung ? What effect had An- 
dre's letter upon Washington ? 
Why was Andre's request de- 
nied ? When did he suffer ? 
How were his captors reward- 
ed ? How was Arnold reward- 
ed ? 

81 . How did Washington at- 
tempt to save Andre ? 

§ Who was enlisted in the 
enterprise ? Plow did Champe 
leave the army ? When ? How 
long before he was missed ? 
Why did Lee delay to dispatch 
men after him ? What did he 
direct the pursuers to do ? 
By what means did the party 
track Champe ? When and 
where did they first discover 
Champe ? On his arrival at 
the river, what did he do ? By 
whom was he taken up? Where 
carried ? How treated by Clin- 
ton ? To whom did Clinton 
recommend him ? What did 



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Arnold recommend to him ? 
What did Champa tell him ? 
In whose legion did he enlist ? 
What plan did he adopt to seize 
Arnold? What defeated the 
plan ? Where was Champe 
taken ? Where did he desert 
from the British army ? How 
was he regarded by the Ameri- 
can officers and soldiers when 
his story became known ? To 
whom didGeneral Greene send 
him ? How did Washington 
treat him ? Why was he dis- 
charged frffm the army ? What 
became of Champe after this ? 
82. What event most afflict- 
ing to Washington occurred in 
'81 ? What was the cause of 
this mutiny ? Where did it 
occur ? Who inquired into 
their grievances ? What was 
their report ? What did they 
do upon being redressed ? 

§ Who commanded these 
troops ? In his ardor, what did 
Wayne do ? What did the 
troops do ? What did they say ? 
Whither did they withdraw ? 
Who sent agents to induce them 
to join the British ? How did 
they treat the proposal ? How 
did they treat tiie agents ? 

83. In what southern state 
did Arnold commit great dep- 
redations ? What were some of 
the outrages of his troops ? 

§ What squadron was sent 
to cut off Arnold's retreat .? 
Success of their enterprise I 

84. Who superseded Gates 
after the battle of Camden ? 
When did Greene assume the 
command? State of the army 
at this time ? W here did Greene 
send Gen. Morgan ? Whom did 



Comwallis dispatch to attack 
Morgan ? 

85. Where did these two de- 
tachments come to a battle ? 
Whose arms triumphed ? Date 
of this battle ? 

§ Loss of the British ? Loss 
of the Americans ? What is 
said of this victory ? What cir- 
cumstances added to the bril- 
liancy of this victory ? 

86. After the defeat of Tarle- 
ton, who marched in pursuit of 
Morgan ? Who joined Mor- 
gan ? Where ? Whither did 
Morgan and Greene now direct 
their course ? What state did 
they enter ? 

87. Where did Comwallis 
now retire ? Whom did he in- 
vite to join him ? With what 
success ? Where did he dis- 
patch Tarleton ? For what 
purpose .'' 

88. What measures did 
Greene take to defeat Tarleton ? 
Whither did Greene with his 
combined force march ? What 
British general with his troops 
was at Guilford court house ? 
When did a battle between them 
take place ? Which were vic- 
torious ? 

89. What did Greene now 
resolve upon ? What post did 
he determine to attack ? Who 
commanded at Camden ? When 
did the second battle of Camden 
occur? Issue of it ? 

90. To whose cause was the 
result of the affair at Camden 
favorable ? While Greene was 
marching against Camden what 
did General Lee do ? By what 
auspicious event was the occu- 
pation of this post followed ? 



55 



What two posts did the British 
still hold ? 

91. Where is ninety-six situ- 
ated in respect to Charleston ? 
Issue of Greene's attempt to 
take this post ? What post did 
Lord Rawdon soon evacuate ? 
Whither did he retire ? Where 
did his army encamp ? 

92. When did Greene ap- 
proach the enemy at Eutaw 
Springs ? When occurred the 
battle"^ at these Springs ? In 
whose favor did victory de- 
cide ? 

93. What is said of the bat- 
tle of the Eutaw Springs ? 
Where did the enemy retire ? 

§ What is said of Greene ? 
What of the battles he fought ? 
With what did Congress present 
Greene ? 

94. After the battle of Guil- 
ford, towards what state did 
Cornwall is march ? In whose 
charge did he leave S. Carolina ? 
Number of Cornwallis's army ? 
What did he anticipate ? 

§ What French general was 
then in that region ? For what 
purpose ? With what force ? 
What were Cornwallis's'^wishes 
in respect to a battle with Fay- 
ette ? Why did Fayette de- 
cline a battle ? What did he 
display in all his manoBUvres ? 

95. What plan did General 
Washington and others form in 
Wethersfield in 1781 .? 

§ In furtherance of this plan, 
what troops joined Washington? 
Where ? In this posture of 
things, what intelligence did 
Washington receive ? 

96. What did this intelligence 
induce Washington to do ? To 



what place had Cornwallis re- 
tired ? Near the mouth of 
what river ? In what state ? 
When did the combined armies 
move upon Yorktown and 
Gloucester .'' Numbers of the 
army ? How did the French 
fleet co-operaie ? 

§ What is said of Yorktown ? 
What of Gloucester Point ? 
Who occupied these posts ? 
Which the main body ? 
What is said of Washington's 
skill in withdrawing his forces 
from New York ? Who was 
greatly deceived ? 

97. In what year did Corn- 
wallis surrender ? Month and 
day ? Men and ordinance sur- 
rendered .'' 

§ Who received the sub- 
mission of the royal army ? In 
what manner ? Why did not 
Cornwallis appear ? Whom did 
he constitute his representative? 
Amount of the besieging army? 

98. How long after the sur- 
render of Cornwallis did Clin- 
ton appear in view ? Amount 
of his reinforcement ? Whith- 
er did he return on learning the 
fate of Cornwallis ? 

§ To what did Cornwallis 
impute his fall ? What had 
Clinton promised him ? Cause 
of the delay ? 

99. How were the Americans 
affected with the victory over 
Cornwallis ? To what antici- 
pations did it give birth ? 

§ How was the victory cele- 
brated ? Whose names re- 
sounded every where ? What 
did Congress do on the occa- 
sion ? 

100. When did Arnold make 



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an excursion against N. Lon- 
don ? In what place did he 
land ? Object of the expedi- 
tion ? By what was this expe- 
dition signalized ? What forts 
were taken? Where situa- 
ted ? 

§ Which fort made little re- 
sistance ? Which fort for a 
time was bravely defended ? 
Commander of Fort Grisv/old ? 
How was Ledyard treated by a 
British officer ? What suc- 
ceeded this inhuman act.'' What 
town was nearly consumed ? 

101. What event substantial, 
iy closed the war ? What posts 
were still held by the British ? 
After the capture of Corn wallis, 
what indicated the continuance 
of the war ? 

§ What became of the 
French army ? Where did Ro- 
chambeau with his army spend 
the winter ? To what place did 
the American army retire ? 

102. What resolution passed 
parliament 1782 ? 

103, Who succeeded Chnton 
in command .' What instruc- 
tions were given to Carleton ? 
Why did Congress refuse to 
correspond with Carleton ? 



104.' What did the French wha'tcrarte?; 



ted .?— JNew York .'-Charleston ? 

105. When was the American 
army disbanded ? To whom 
did Washington bid an affec- 
tionate adieu ? 

§ In what words did he bid 
the army adieu ' 

106. To what still more pain- 
ful separation was Washi no-ton 
soon called ? ^ 

§ Where did they assemble 
for this purpose ? With what 
did he say his heart was full ? 
What wish did he express for 
them ? In what manner did he 
treat each one ? Whither did 
they follow him ? What was 
his last adieu ? 

107. When did Washington 
resign his commission ? 

§ Whom did he commend to 
Congress ? To whose protec- 
tion did he commend the inter- 
ests of his country ? 

108. How did Congress ex- 
press their sense of his wisdom 
and energy ? 

§ To whom did President 
Mifflin, in behalf of Congress, 
commend the interests of the 
country ? To whom did he 
commend Washington? Whith- 
er did Washington retire ? In 



court now press upon Congress? 
Who were appointed ? Who 
were appointed on the part of 
Great Britain ? Where did 
they meet ? Date of the pro- 
visional articles of peace ? Date 
of the definitive treaty ? From 
what time had there been no 
acts of hostility ? When was 
the cessation of hostilities pro- 
claimed to the American army ? 
When was Savannah evacua-1 



109. What were the employ- 
ments of the Americans 
at the commencement of the 
war ? What was their charac- 
ter ? What control had re- 
pressed every attempt on their 
part to rise ? What soon 
v/rought in them a great expan- 
sion of character ? With whom 
were they soon qualified to cope? 
What effect had the war upon 
their morals? 



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§ What was the declaration 
of Dr. Ramsay ? 

110. What effect had the war 
upon local prejudices ? — upon 
religious controversy ? What 
unhappy principles were sown 
in the American army by the 
French.^ What was the effect of 
these principles upon religion ? 

§ What is said of religious 
institutions ? — what of church- 
es ? — what of public worship ? 
— what of the clergy ? 

111. What was the effect 
of the war upon commerce? 
What became of the shipping ? 

1 12. What was the effect of 
the war upon agriculture .'' 

] 13. What is said of the trade 
with England ? What of man- 
ufactures ? 

114. Number of inhabitants 
in 1784 ? What is said of the 
increase of the population dur- 
ing the war ? Why was it so 
small ? 

115. Effects of the war upon 
education .'' 

§ What colleges were found- 
ed ? Estimated number of col- 
leges and academies at the 
close of this period ? 

116. Wliat is the most inter- 
esting event of modern times ? 
Have not changes equally vio- 
lent often taken place ? But 
what in the achievement of the 
American revolution is worthy 
of special notice ? What sprung 
from the blood, which was then 
spilt ? What has been the gen- 
eral foundation of most govern- 
ments .'' How was our indepen- 
dence won ? With what do 
our annals shine ? What do 
we owe to Providence .'' What 



has the American revolution 
taught the world ? 

Miscellaneous Questions on- 
Period V. 

1. For what is Period V. dis- 
tinguished ? — when does it 
begin ? — when end ? — length ? 
What battle may be said to 
have opened the war ? What 
closed it ? How long between 
the battle of Lexington and 
Yorktown ? How long was 
the battle of Lexington after 
the settlement of Jamestown? — 
after the discovery of America 
by Columbus?-after the French 
and Indian war ? — after Queen 
Anne's war ? 

2. What was the first of the 
British acts of aggression, which 
led to the war ? In what year 
was this ? (sec 3.) Date of the 
stamp act ? Meaning of the term 
Whigs and Tories ? When was 
the Boston Port bill passed? 
Why ? What did the people of 
Boston do on receiving intelli- 
gence of this bill ? Who com- 
manded the English in the bat- 
tle of Lexington ? How many 
battles were fought between 
the battles of Lexington and 
Yorktown ? 

3. In which battles were the 
Americans victorious ?^in which 
the English ? — in which did 
neither have it, though both 
might have claimed it ? 

4. What two fortresses were 
taken by the Americans in less 
than a month after the battle of 
Lexington ? When were com- 
mittees of correspondence and 
inquiry appointed in various 



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parts of the country ? Object of 
these ? What event happen- 
ed March 5th, 1770, which help- 
ed to bring on the war ? Mention 
the principal causes of the revo- 
lutionary war ? 

5. What British armed 
schooner was destroyed in ]77'<2? 
Relate particulars ? Between 
whom was the battle of Ben- 
nington ? When was this 
fought ? Before, or after the 
taking of Burgoyne? Who com- 
manded the Americans in the 
battle of Bennington ? How 
long was this battle after the 
battle of Lexington .'* What 
battles were fought between the 
battles of Lexington and Sarato- 
ga ? — between that of Saratoga 
and York town ? 

6. When was the battle of 
Bunker hill ? For what was 
the campaign of 1779 distin- 
guished .'* Who was Bendict 
Arnold ? What fortress did he 
conspire to deliver uptotheBrit- 
ish ? What events of his life 
do you remember before this 
time ? — what after it ? 

7. What act of great heroism 
do you recollect of General Put- 
nam ? Was Washington ap- 
pointed to the command of the 
army before or after the battle 
of Lexington ? When, and 
where, did the first continental 
Congress meet ? How many 
colonies wet? reported ? At 
the time of the battle of Bunker 
hill, what added greatly to the 
horror of the scene ? In what 
battle did General Montgomery 
fall ? Date of the evacuation 
of Boston by the British ? Was 



this before, or afYer the decla- 
ration of independence ? When 
was Philadelphia evacuated by 
the British ? 

8. When was the declaration 
of independence declared? Who 
wrote that declaration ? How 
many signed it ? Did they sign 
it the same day it was declared, 
or afterwards ? What Ameri- 
can generals were taken prison- 
ers by the British, in the battle 
of Long Island ? When was 
that battle ? 

9. During the famous retreat 
of Washington following the 
battle of Long Island, through 
what plains did he pass ? Dur- 
ing this retreat, what two 
American forts fell into the 
hands of the British ? Where 
were these forts ? Who was 
John Champe ? What can you 
relate about him ? What two 
victories soon followed the re- 
treat through New Jersey ? 

10. Where was Stony Point ? 
What can you relate about an 
attack upon that ? In what 
year was this ? Who were the 
principal English generals in 
the American army during the 
Revolutionary war? What na- 
tion assisted the Americans ? 
What French generals do you 
recollect ? — what distinguished 
American generals ? 

11. Of all the American 
generals, which was the most 
firm and enduring ? — which 
were characterized for great 
boldness and courage? Of what 
general is it said that he man- 
aged so well, even when defeat- 
ed that he- reaped nearly the ad- 



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vantage of a victory ? How 
many turned traitors durintr the 
Revolutionary war ? 

12, What general was killed in 
the battle ot Camden ? Where 
is Camden ? Who was the 
Amemrcan general in the south, 
when Charleston surrendered ? 
What two similar transactions 
took place after the surrender of 
Charleston and after the battle 
of Yorktown ? 

13. What was the last gener- 
al action in South Carolina ? 
What battles were fought in 
Massachusetts ? — in Vermont ? 
— in New Hampshire ? — in 
Rhode Island ? — in Connecii- 
cut? — in New York ? — in New 
Jersey ? — in Pennsylvania ? — 
in Delaware ? — in Maryland ? 
— in Kentucky — in North Car- 
olina? — in South Carolina? — in 
Virginia ? 

14. Which were the four 
most distinguished battles dur- 
ing the war ? la which battles 
did the Americans lose most 
men ? — in which did the Brit- 
ish ? What motion was made in 
the British house of Commons 
March 4th, 1782 ? Who was the 
British general last in com- 
mand in the United States ? 
When was a treaty signed be- 
tween the United States and 
Great Britain ? 

15. When was the American 
army disbanded? — How long af- 
ter Washington took command 
of it? When did Washington 
resign his commission ? Who 
were the American commis- 
sioners, who signed the treaty of 
peace ? When was this signed ? 

16. What event substantially 



closed the Revolutionary war ? 
In what year was there a seri- 
ous revolt among the American 
troops ? Where ? How many 
revolted ? What general at- 
tempted to quiet them ? How 
was he treated ? Of what re- 
markable enterprise had this 
general the command ? 

17. How many of the signers 
of the declaration of indepen- 
dence are still living ? What 
was the average length of their 
lives ? Who was president of 
the continental Congress, which 
declared the United States free 
and independent ? Who sign- 
ed his name with a trembling 
liand ? VV hy ? Who wrote as 
if his pen was a weaver's beam ? 
Had the Americans been defeat- 
ed, what would have become of 
these signers ? Why would 
they have been hung ? 

18. Who supported the dec- 
laration on the floor of Con- 
gress with more power than any 
other ? What did Mr. Jefferson 
say of Mr. Adams ? In what 
way might Great Britain have 
prevented the Revolution ? 
What was the population of the 
United States at the close of the 
war ? What effect had the 
Revolution upon religion ? 
What infidelity was spread 
abroad ? 

VJ. What outrages did the 
British commit at Danbury in 
'77 ? Who was Charles Town- 
send ? Where was Gen. Mont- 
gomery killed ? — where Gen. 
Wooster ? — Baron de Kalb ? — 
Gen. Warren ?— Gen. Mercer ? 
Which was the first general who 
fell .'' — which the second ? 



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20. Who were the Hessians ? 
When and where was a large 
body of these taken by the 
Americans ? What victory 
seemed to turn the tide of pros- 
perity in our favor in August 
1777 ? Who was Sergeant Jas- 
par ? Tell his story. In v/hat 
battle was the heat so great that 
the tongues of the soldiers be- 
came so swollen that they could 
not retain them in their 
mouths ? 

21. What do you recollect of 
Gloucester Point ? On what 
occasion was Gen. O'Hara the 
representative of Cornwallis .'' 
What is said of our prospects 
after the first battle of Camden .'' 
Who were Paulding Williams 
and Van Wert ? Who Count 
de Grasse ? Who was Col. 
Ledyard ? What American 
committed great depredations 
in Virginia in 1781 ? Who 
was D'Estaing ? 

22. Who was Gen. Sump- 
ter .'' For what purpose did 
Clinton send agents to 1300 
mutineers at Princeton ? What 
was done with these agents ? 
For what is Tarrytown noted ? 
For what is Cowpens noted ? 

PERIOD VI.— p. 228. 

For what is period VI. distin- 
guished ? when did it com- 

^ mence .'' — when did it termi- 

nate ? — length .'' 

* 6'ec.l. To what had the Amer- 
^ icans been looking forward dur- 
^ ing thewar.-* What fact was 

* soon disclosed after the war ? 
^ What was it found necessary 

* to substitute ? 



§ Amount ofthe public debts, 
at the close of the war ? To 
whom was the foreign debt dne? 
Amount of this .'' To whom 
was the domestic debt due ? 
What power had Congress ? 
Of hat ability was it destitute ? 
What was the only power of 
Congr 1 on this subject.-' What 
did ' gress propose to the 
Statt . r With what success ? 
What was the consequence ? 
What was the effect of certifi- 
cates upon the public debt ? 
What were the officers and sol- 
diers compelled to do ? What 
was one principal cause which 
tended to hasten a change in 
our political system .'' If Con- 
giess had possessed the power, 
in what way could they have 
met the restrictions of Great 
Britain ? 

2. In what way did Massa- 
chusetts attempt to satisfy their 
creditors ? What was the 
effect .' Wheu did this insur- 
rection occur ? Through whose 
instrumentality was it subdu- 
ed .? 

§ Name of this insurrection .'' 
Who was Shays .^ Number of 
insurgents.'' Where did they 
assemble ? Conduct .^—conduct 
in other places .'' What meas- 
ures were taken to suppress the 
insurrection .'' Who command- 
ed it.-* What other body of 
troops was collected ? Issue of 
the insurrection ? 

3. For what purpose did the 
legislature of Virginia appoint 
commissioners in 1786.'' Where 
did this convention meet .'' How 
many States were represented i 
Why did it adjourn ? To what J 



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place ? What did it recommend 
to several States ? 

4. What slates appointed 
commissioners ? Where did 
they meet ? Number of mem- 
bers ? — president ? 

5. What was the first great 
question ? What wap the de- 
cision of the majorit' 

6. In what respect ^ there 
not much difference of o^ inion ? 
la relation to what was there 
great difference ? 

§ How, at length, was it 
decided that each State should 
vote in respect to the house of 
representatives ? On what ac- 
count did the convention come 
well nigh dissolving .-' Who, 
at this crisis, addressed the con- 
vention? What did he propose 
should be done ? How was the 
suggestion received by the con- 
vention ? — Consequence ? For 
what time did they adjourn? On 
meeting again, what was done ? 

7. When was the Federal 
Constitution presented to Con- 
gress ? To whom did Congress 
present it for consideration ? 

§ In whom is the legislative 
power vested ? How many 
branches does Congress consist 
of? How often are the repre- 
sentatives chosen ? By whom ? 
Qualifications of a member of 
the house of representatives ? 
What does the Senate consist 
of? How chosen? In how 
many classes is it divided ? 
What proportion relinquish their 
seats every year ? How is a 
vacancy supplied, which hap- 
pens during the recess of the 
legislature ? Qualifications of 
a senator ? Who appoints the 
C 



officers of the house of repre^ 
sentatives ? What exclusive 
power has the house ? Who is 
president of the senate ? Who 
tries impeach^nents ? What 
privilege have members ? Men- 
tion some of the powers of 
Congress. Mention some re- 
strictions. In whom is the 
executive power vested ? IIuw 
long does the president hold his 
office ? Qualifications for the 
presidency ? How are the 
president and vice president 
chosen ? Number of electors 
in each state ? Mention some 
of the powers of the president. 
What does the judiciary consist 
of? How long do the judges 
hold their office ? In what cases 
does the judicial power of these 
judges extend ? What right is 
guaranteed to persons accused 
of crime ? What is treason ? 
H ow may a person be convict- 
ed of treason ? Consequences 
of a conviction of treason ? 
What rights have citizens of 
each State ? W^hat power has 
Congress in respect to new 
States ? 

8. By how many States was 
the constitution ratified ? What 
States soon after acceded to it ? 
{See JS'ote.) 

9. When were the votes for 
the first president and vice 
president canvassed ? — Reault? 

10. What was the effect of 
the return of peace upon the 
habits of the country ? — upon 
business ? What is said of na- 
tional peculiarities ? — of local 
prejudices ? 

11. What religious sect was 
introduced during this period ? 



12. What is said of com- 
merce, after the return of 
peace ? 

§ Wlien did the United 
States first begin to trade with 
Ohina ? What is said of the 
first vessel which sailed ? — 
What of trading voyages to the 
North West Coast ? What of 
whale fishery ? What of the 
exportation of cotton ? 

13. Effect of the peace upon 
agriculture .'' 

14. Effect of the peace upon 
manufactures .'' 

15. Population at the close of 
this period ? 

IG. Colleges established dur- 
ing this period ! 

Miscellaneous Questions on 
Period VI. 

1. For what is period VI. dis- 
tinguished ? — when dees it be- 
gin .'' — when end .'' — length .'' — 
What State adopted resolutions 
in 1786 ? Which prepared the 
way for a general convention of 
all the States ? When did the 
convention meet ? — number of 
members ? — president .'' What 
State was not represented ? 

2. By whose means was the 
convention prevented from dis- 
solving, witliout accomplishing 
the object of their appointment .'' 
How ? Who was Daniel Shays ? 
What rebellion did he head in 
1786 ? 

3. What religious sect was 
first introduced into America, 
during this period ? Popula- 
tion at the close of period VI ? 
When did attention begin to be 
paid to the raising of cotton in 



the Southern States ? When 
did the China trade commence .•' 

4. How many States at first 
ratified the federal constitu- 
tion .'' Whaitwo States refused ? 
When did they accede to it •' 
How long is it since the federal 
constitution was ratified ? Why 
were not the articles of con- 
federation revised and contin- 
ued ? When were these arti- 
cles first adopted .'' 

5. When was the federal 
constitution presented to Con- 
gress ? What did they do with 
it ? What governor and what 
general succeeded in suppress- 
ing Shays' insurrection? Where 
did the convention, which de- 
vised the federal constitution, 
meet .'' 

PERIOD VII.~p. 240. 

For what is period VH. dis- 
tinguished .'' When did it com- 
mence ? — when did it termi- 
nate ? — length ? 

1. When was General Wash- 
ington inducted into office ? 
How ? 

§ What religious sentiment 
did Washington introduce into 
his first speech .'' What relig- 
ious worship did he and Con- 
gress pay .'' 

2. What important business 
pressed upon the president and 
Congress ? What was to be 
provided.? — what arranged and 
filled ? — what established ? 

§ How was it resolved that 
a revenue should be raised ? 
What departments created ? 
Who were appointed secreta- 
ries .'' Who was it agreed should 



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have the power of removing 
important officers ? Why was 
this objected to ? What was 
the reply of Mr. Madison ? 

3. Before the adjournment of 
Congress, what religious ser- 
vice did that body recommend 
to the people ? 

4. When did Congress close 
its first session ? What was 
one of its including acts ? 

5. What journey did Wash- 
ington take during the recess 
of Congress ? 

§ How was he every where 
received ? In what did he re- 
joice ? 

6. When did the second ses- 
sion of the first Congress com- 
mence ? What did Mr. Hamil- 
ton recommend to support pub- 
lic credit ? What was the first 
recommendation i' — second ? — 
third ? 

§ Public debt at this time ? 
Amount of the foreign debt.'' — 
domestic debt .'' What did the 
secretary recommend in rela- 
tion to the several debts ? — 
amount of these ? 

7. How was the proposal, re- 
specting the foreign debt, met ? 
Fate of the two other recom- 
mendations ? 

§ Whence arose a division 
of sentiment, in respect to the 
full or only partial payment of 
the domestic debt ? What did 
Mr. Hamilton contend on this 
point ? On what grounds was 
the bill relating to the state 
debts opposed ? Mode ot can- 
celling several debts thus as- 
sumed .'' What was the conse- 
quence of this measure of the 
government ? ' 



8. What is said of the removal 
of the seat of government .'' 

9. When did Vermont be- 
come one of the United States ? 

§ What was first built in 
Vermont.^ In what year.' — 
where .'' — by whom .'' Who 
built Crown Point ? When ? 
Why did New Hampshire make 
large grants of land in Ver- 
mont .'' What other colony 
conceived herself to have a 
better right to the territory .' — 
Why ? To whom was the ques- 
tion submitted ? In whose favor 
was it decided ? What other 
lands did New York claim ? 
How did she defend her title ? 
What did the settlers resolve 
upon ? What was the state of 
the people in Vermont at the 
commencement of the revolu- 
tion ? Why ? When was a 
convention called ? What did 
that convention decide.'' Whom, 
and for what did it petition ? 
Who objected ? On what other 
accounts was Vermont not ad- 
mitted into the union ? When, 
and on what conditions, was 
the opposition of New York 
withdrawn ? When was Ver- 
mont added to the union ? 

10. Why was a tax on domes- 
tic spirits opposed .'' Who op- 
posed this ? Why ? What did 
these members propose instead 
of this tax .'' 

11. On what grounds was a 
bill for a national bank opposed .' 

§ How did the president ob- 
tain the opinions of his cabinet 
on the subject of a national 
bank .'' What members of the 
cabinet considered it unconsti- 
tutional .'' Who maintained the 



opposite opinion ? Capital stock 
of the bank? Where was it 
located ? Duration of the char- 
ter ? Influence of this and other 
bills upon different parties of the 
United States ? 

12. Where did an Indian war 
commence, about this time? 
What expedition was planned ? 

§ Number of troops? Who 
was the general officer ? What 
(lid his instructions require of 
him ? Where was he defeated ? 
Who succeeded him in com- 
mand ? 

13. What tour did Washincr- 
ton make in 1789 ? 

§ How was he received ? 
What did he witness ? 

14. Result of a battle of St. 
Clair with the Indians, near the 
Miami ? 

§ Number of St. Clair's 
army ? Indian force ? Loss of 
the latter ?— of the former ? 
How was Clair's conduct re- 
garded by a committee of Con- 
gress ? 

^ 15.^ Upon the news of St. 
Clair's defeat, what bill passed 
Congress ? 

§ What objections were 
urged against this bill by its 
opposers? What was said by 
the advocates of the bill in 
reply ? 

16. When did the second 
Congress adjourn ? To what 
time ? How had the asperity 
of members manifested itself? 
Among whom did the opposers 
of the administration excite 
opposition ? 

17, When was Kentucky 
admitted into the union? 

§ Who commenced the first 



64 

settlement in Kentucky ? In 
what year ? What is said of 
the settlers during the revolu- 
tionary war ? From what time 
did they feel more secure? 
What IS said of the growth of 
Kentucky ? 

18. What measures did the 
president adopt in relation to 
the Indian war, during the 
recess of Congress ? Why did 
the president make further 
efforts at negotiations ? Who 
was entrusted with this busi- 
ness ? What became of him ? 

19. On the opening of Con- 
gress in November what motion 
was made ? What was the de- 
sign of this motion ? What 
resolutions followed ? How 
did Mr. Hamilton defend him- 
self? What was the implied 
charge against Mr. Hamilton ? 
When did this Congress termi- 
nate ? How did the members 
separate ? 

20. Who was chosen presi- 
dent in 1793 ? What determi- 
nation had Washington formed, 
at the close of his first presiden- 
tial career ? 

21. Who was chosen vice 
president? On what account 
was offensive operations against 
the Indians suspended in 1793? 

22. Why was the Indian war 
now a secondary consideration ? 
What information was received 
in April ? 

§ Why did the people of the 
United States take a deep inter- 
est in the revolution ? Why 
was a war urged against Great 
Britain ? 

22. Continued. What line of 
conduct did the cabinet adviso 



67 



on ? Who composed Washing- 
ton's first cabinet ? What min- 
ister was sent by the republic 
of France to the United States ? 
Who succeeded him ? What 
generals commanded during the 
Indian war ? What unsuccess- 
ful battles were fought ? 

3. For what was the year 
1794 distinguished ? Who ne- 
gotiated an important treaty 
with General B? When ? What 
other treaties were concluded ? 
What did Washington present 
to the United States on retiring 
from office ? 

4. What debts did the United 
States assume ? What members 
of Washington's cabinet were 
opposed to the establishment of 
a national bank ? Why ? Who 
was in favor of it ? For how 
many years was the charter 
granted ? 

5. What tours did Washing- 
ton make while president ? 
What law passed Congress in 
relation to the seat of govern- 
ment ? Why were many of the 
people of the United States un- 
willing to receive a minister 
from France during this period ? 
Date of Washington's procla- 
mation of neutrality ? When 
was the slave trade prohibited ? 
How long after the first intro- 
duction of slaves ? What chan- 
ges were made in the cabinet 
during this period? Year and 
month of the ratification of 
Jay's treaty ? Population at 
the close of this period ? 

PERIOD VIII.— p. 264. 

For what is period VIII. dis- 
tinguished ? When did it com- 



mence ? — when terminate ?--• 
length ? 

1. When was Mr. Adams in» 
ducted into office? What is 
said of the condition of the coun- 
try compared with that of '89? 

§ Mention some things which 
had been done at home ? — 
abroad ? What treaties had 
been formed ? How was this 
bright prospect, in a measure, 
shaded ? 

2. Upon what branch of our 
commerce had France made dep-' 
redations ? Whom had W^ash- 
ington recalled from France ? 
Whom had he sent as succes- 
sor ? What intelligence did 
Mr. Adams receive from Mr. 
Pinckney ? What measures 
did Mr. Adams adopt upon the 
receipt of this intelligence ? 
What did he urge Congress to 
do? Still, what was he desi- 
rous of? Who were appointed 
envoys extraordinary ? For 
what purpose ? 

3. When were letters receiv- 
ed from these envoys ? Import 
of these letters ? Import of the 
dispatches that followed ? 

§ What was demanded by 
the French government ? What 
was next attempted ? 

4. In this state of things, to 
what measures did Congress 
proceed ? Who was appointed 
commander-in-chief of the pro- 
visional army ? 

5. In this state of things, for 
what did the French express a 
willingness ? Who were ap- 
pointed to settle all controver- 
sies ? Who was appointed in 
the place of Mr. Henry ? (note.) 
In whose hands did they find 
the goveraraent ? Date of the 



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treaty with France ? What was 
done with the provisional army ? 

6. When did Washington 
die ? Where ? 

§ What did he say when 
dying ? What did a committee 
of Congress recommend ^ How 
was his death noticed at Phila- 
delphia ? How, throughout the 
United States ? 

7. in what year was the seat 
of government transferred to 
Washington ? In what dis- 
trict is this city ? 

§ Number of square miles in 
this district ? On what river ? 
— distance from the sea ? — by 
whom ceded to the United 
States ? — under whose imme- 
diate government ? 

8. What party had strongly 
opposed Mr. Adams' adminis- 
tration ? What laws had great- 
ly weakened his popularity ? 

§ What power had the alien 
law given the president ? De- 
sign of the sedition law ? Whose 
re-election did this and other 
acts prevent ? 

9. How did the votes for 
electors stand for president ? 
Between whom was this elec- 
tion to be made ? By whom ? 
Who supported Mr. Burr .' 
Who Mr. Jefferson ? Who was 
at length elected ? Who was 
elected vice president ? 

§ What rules were adopted 
in respect to balloting ? — in 
respect to the doors of the house.? 
How were the representatives 
seated { How were the repre- 
sentatives of each state to ballot.? 
When all the States had voted^ 
what was done with the ballot 
box^s .? Who counted the bal- 



lots ? When counted what was 
done .? What was the result, 
when the votes of the electoral 
colleges were counted on the 
eleventh of February .? Upon 
whom did the election now de- 
volve .? What number of rep- 
resentatives were present ? Re- 
sult of the first balloting .? Num- 
ber of ballotings .-' What ballot- 
ing determined the question .? 
When did this decision take 
place.? How many States voted 
for Mr. J. .? — how many for Mr. 
B. ? What States voted for Mr. 
J. .?— what for Mr. B. .? 

10. What is said of the man- 
ners of the people during this 
period .? 

11. What of infidelity .? 

§ How were infidels affected 
by the revolution in France .? 
Who refuted their doctrines .? 
What is said of the revival of 
religion .? 

12. What is said of trade and 
commerce .? 

13. What of agriculture .? 

14. What of arts and manu- 
factures .? 

15. Number of inhabitants .? 

16. What of education 'i 

Miscellaneous Questions on 
Period VIII. 

1. For what is period VHI 
distinguished .? When does it 
begin .? — when end .? — length .? 
How much longer was Wash- 
ington's administration than 
Mr. Adams' .? Was Mr. Adams 
a popular president .? What 
two laws, passed during his 
presidency, were peculiarly of- 
fensive ? 



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Washington to pursue ? What 
proclamation did Washington 
soon issue ? 

§ What was this proclama- 
tion pronounced to be by its 
opposers ? What did they con- 
sider it a proof of ? 

23. Who was the first min- 
ister of the French republic to 
our government ? What was 
the object of his mission ? How 
was he received ? What did 
some of his acts infringe ? 
Against whom did he attempt 
to rouse the people ? What 
did the president solicit of the 
French republic ? Who suc- 
ceeded Genet? 

§ Where did Genet land ? 
Soon after landing, what did he 
do ? What measures were 
adopted with respect to vessels 
captured by French cruisers ? 
How did the Congress of 1793 
regard the proclamation of neu- 
trality ? Who advised to have 
Genet recalled ? 

24. What secretary resigned 
his office in 1793 ? Who suc- 
ceeded him ? 

25. For what was a naval 
force ordered by Congress in 
1793—4? Amount of this foi ' 

§ Upon what was this mtds- 
ure founded ? 

26. What law was passed 
concerning slavery ? 

§ When were the first slaves 
introduced into Virginia? By 
whom ? Who generally bought 
them ? How was the traffic 
regarded by the Americans ? 
Who patronised it ? What law 
was passed on the subject of 
slavery in Massachusetts in 
1645? What did this colony 



do in 1703 ? What did they 
call the practice ? When did 
Virginia attempt to repress the 
importation of slaves ? What 
do these acts show ? When 
did Virginia abolish the traffic ? 
What other States soon follow- 
ed this example ? What was 
the action of^ the continental 
Congress on this subject ? 
What Congress prohibited the 
trade ? Hence what do we see ? 

27. With .what power did 
Congress anticipate a war at 
this session ? Why ? What 
bill was passed ? Who was 
sent to the court of St. James 
as envoy ? Result of his mis- 
sion ? 

§ What British order was 
made in June, 1793 ? Conse- 
quence of this order ? What 
additional instructions followed 
in November ? What other 
cause of complaint was added ? 
Pending warlike prepan.tions, 
what advices did the president 
receive from England ? To 
what measure did these advices 
influence the president ? By 
whom was the president severe- 
ly censured for this act ? 

28. What is said in section 
21 ? Result of a battle between 
General Wayne and the Indi- 
ans near the Miami ? When 
was this battle fought ? 

29. In what state was there 
an insurrection in 1794 ? Cause 
of it ? For what purpose did 
Washington issue a proclama- 
tion ? Effect of it ? How was 
it suppressed ? 

30. What members of the cab 
inet resigned in 1795 ? Who 
succeeded them ? 



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31 . By what majority of Con- 
gress was Jay's treaty ratified 
by Congress ? The effect of it ? 

§ How was this treaty re- 
garded by the people ? What 
measures were adopted in rela- 
tion to it in populous places ? 
Effect of these upon the presi- 
dent ? 

32. What treaties were con- 
cluded in the autumn of 1795 ? 
Benefit resulting from the for- 
mer ? — from the latter .-' What 
treaty soon followed ? Some 
of the provisions of it ? 

33. When was Tennessee 
admitted into the union ? 

§ Origin of the name ? Sig- 
nification of it ? 

34. What resolutions with 
respect to treaties passed Con- 
gress in 1796 ? By what ma- 
jority was the resolution, in re- 
spect to the British treaty, 



35. What intention did Wash- 
ington express towards the close 
of his second administration ? 
With what act did he terminate 
his political course ? 

§ To what did this good man 
bear his solemn testimony ? 
What man did he say was not 
entitled to the name of patriot ? 

36. On counting the votes for 
president, in February, 1797, 
who was found to be elected 
president ? Who was elected 
vice president ? 

37. What changes may be 
noticed, in the manners of the 
people ? 

38. Did religion make much 
advance during this period ? 
To what cause may this be 
ascribed ? 



§ By means of whose writ- 
ings was infidelity much ex- 
tended ? 

39. What is said of trade and 
commerce ? 

40. From what did agricul- 
ture derive increasing impor- 
tance .'' 

41. Who, during this period, 
urged the policy of aiding man- 
ufactures ? From that time, 
what has been the policy of the 
country in respect to them ? 

42. Population of the United 
States at the close of this 
period .'' 

43. What is said of learning ? 
§ What colleges M'ere estab- 
lished ? 

44. Under Washington what 
did the people of America do ? 
What sublime example did he 
set .'' What has been said of 
his military successes ? What 
was the character of his ad- 
ministration at home ? — what 
abroad .'' 

Miscellaneous Questions on 
Period VII. 

1 . Who was the first president 
of the United States ? When 
does Period VII. begin .'' For 
what distinguished ? When 
end ? — length .'' What interval 
elapsed between the appoint- 
ment of Washington as general 
of the armies and president of 
the United States? How old 
was he when appointed gen- 
eral ? How old, when appoint- 
ed president.? 

2. What states were admitted 
into the union during this pe- 
riod ? What war was carried 



2, When was the seat of gov- 

I ernment removed to Washlno-- 

ton ? When did General Wash- 

1 ington die ? Where ? What 

treaty was made in 1800 ? Who 

were the American envoys ? 

What was the state of the 

country in 1797 compared with 

, 1789 ? ^ 

I 3. Where is the district of 

1 Columbia ? By what States 

was it ceded to the United 

; States ? When ? What was 

' the design of the alien law ?— 

of the sedition law ? Who was 

appointed commander-in-chief 

I of the American army in 1798 ? 

j Why v/as an army raised ? 

Who were the candidates for 

the presidency in 1800 ? Who 

had an equal number of votes : 

What body decided between the 

two? Who was chosen? After 

how many ballotings ? What 

' Was the population of the United 

! States at the close of Period 

,yill? What had been the 

i increase since period IV ? 

i since period V ? — VI ?— VII ? 

PERIOD IX.— p. 273. 

For what is period IX. dis- 
tinguished ? When did it com- 
hfience?— when did it termi- 
nate ?— length ? 

' 1. When was Mr. J. inau- 
I Turated ? 

1 2. For what was the com- 
Tiencement of Mr. J.'s adminis- 
ration distinguished ? 

3. What did Mr. J. recom- 
(nend in Congress, on their 
Ineeting in December ? With 
I vhat effect ? 

§ How had the internal tax- 



es been regarded by Mr. J.'s 
party ? What did the national 
judicial establishment at first 
consist of? 

To whom did this arrange- 
ment produce inconvenience ? 
What hope did the new ar- 
rangement excite ? How did 
this portion of the community 
regard the repealing act ? 

4. When was Ohio admitted 
into the union ? 

§ From what did this State 
derive its name ? Who were 
the inhabitants of Ohio in '87? 
Who claimed the territory ? 
When did Virginia cede it" to 
the United States ? When, 
where, and by whom, was the 
first settlement begun? Until 
'95, what retarded the settle- 
ment of Ohio ? By whom was 
peace effected ? Who then 
rapidly settled Ohio ? 

5. When did the death of 
Hamilton occur ? How effect- 
ed ? 

§ Who gave the challenge ? 
For what reason ? By what 
was Hamilton actuated in ac- 
cepting this challenge? Who 
paid him extraordinary honors ? 
What is said of him ? 

6. When was Mr. J. recho- 
sen president ? Who was elect- 
ed vice president ? With what 
power was a war terminated in 
1805 ? How long had this war 
continued ? What were some 
of the conditions of the treaty ? 

§ What aggressions had the 
Tripolitans committed ? What 
commodore had been sent to the 
Mediterranean in 1803? For 
what purpose ? Who had been 
sent to join Com. Preble ? What 



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misfortune befel the Philadel- 
phia ? Into whose hands did 
she fall ? Who laid a plan to 
retake her ? Mention particu- 
lars of this plan ? Success of 
it ? What was done with the 
frigate ? Number of Americans 
lost in the adventure ? Re- 
markable manner in which De- 
catur's life was saved? Conse- 
quences of this exploit to Com- 
modore Bainbridge and his 
crew ? How were the people 
of the United States affected by 
the account of their sufferings? 
Who had then recently pos- 
sessed himself of the Tropolitan 
throne ? How had he accom- 
plished this ? Whom else did 
he design to murder ? Why 
did he not? Whither did Hamet 
escape ? Who revived his 
hopes of regaining the king- 
dom ? Wiiat object had Eaton 
in assisting Hamet ? What 
agreement was made between 
them ? What force was em- 
ployed ? What desert passed ? 
What city taken ? What pros- 
pect now presented itself? 
What effect had this upon Jus- 
suf ? With whom did he enter 
into negotiations ? Result ? 
Effect of these negotiations 
upan Eaton and Hamet ? When 
did Hamet visit the United 
States ? For what purpose ? 
With what success ? 

8. When was Michigan 
erected into a territorial gov- 
ernment ? 

§ Who inhabited this terri- 
tory, wiien first discovered by 
the whites ? By whom were 
they converted ? By whom 



defeated in 1670 ? Where were 
forts built about the same time ? 
By whom ? When was the 
territory ceded to the United 
States ? To what territorial 
government was it united until 
1800 ? What further separation 
was made in 1801 ? Who was 
the first governor ? 

9. What revolutionary pro- 
ject was detected in 1806 ? 
Where was Burr brought to 
trial ? On what charge ? Why 
acquitted ? 

§ What other project had 
Burr formed ? What third pro- 
ject served as a pretext for his 
preparations ? Why did he 
relinquish the project of the 
western empire ? What did he 
then determine upon ? With 
this in view, whom did he col- 
lect together ? 

10. What is necessary to 
understand the subsequent his- 
tory of the United States ? 
What two powers were then at 
war ? Whom had they in- 
volved in their controversy ? 
What did the United States 
endeavor to maintain towards 
the belligerents ? What con- 
troversy had long existed be- 
tween the United States and 
Great Britain ? What did Great 
Britain claim ? Whom did they 
continue to impress ? 

11. What order in council 
did the British issue in May, 
1806? Effect of this order 
upon American vessels ? 

12. What decree did Bona- 
parte issue in November? What 
did this decree declare ? — what 
treaty did it violate ? 



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13. How was the decree of 
Berlin retaliated by the B. gov- 
ernment ? 

14. What ship was attacked 
by the Leopard in 1807 ? 
Where.' For what reason.' 
Result of it.' 

§ What demand did the Brit- 
ish consul at Norfolk make ? 
Whom did he next apply to .' 

I What did the secretary of the 
navy order ? Result of this 
examination .' What did the 
government refuee .' Why did 
Barron refuse to surrender the 
men ? In what time was the 
Chesapeake disabled .' Whom 

jdid the British captain take 

'from her crew .' 

15. From what waters did 
the president, by proclamation, 
exclude all British armed ves- 
sels ? Until what time .' What 
instructions were forwarded 

J to Mr. Monroe in England.' 
I What did Mr. Canning reply .' 
Why was further negotiation 
between these two ministers 
suspended .' Whom did the 
British government send to 
America .' W^hat powers had 
Mr. Rose .' 

16. When was Congress 
summoned by proclamation ? 

§ What did the president in- 
form Congress of.' 

17. How did the British gov- 
arnment retaliate upon the 
Prench government for the 
Berlin decree of November 
f 806 .' What places were de- 
clared to be in a state of block- 
ade .' 

18. How was Congress em- 
ployed previously to the arrival 
of Mr. Rose.' 



§ What appropriations weie 
made .' What important act 
passed in December 22d .' 

19. By whom was the Milan 
decree passed? Object of it.' 
What did it declare .' 

20. When did Mr. Rose 
arrive .' What did he inform 
the American minister of as to 
his powers .' When did the 
president agree that he would 
revoke his proclamation ? But 
upon what two conditions .' 
What did the British minister 
decline ? 

§ When was this contro- 
versy finally adjusted .' In what 
manner .' 

21. What important act pass- 
ed Congress March 1st .' 

22. Who succeeded Mr. J. as 
president .' Who was chosen 
vice president .' 

23. What effect had party- 
spirit during J.'s administra- 
tion .' 

24. What served to check 
open infidelity .' 

25. When did trade and com- 
merce make great advances .' 
Why .' What is this trade call- 
ed .' What curtailed the trade 
after 1807? 

26. What gave great encour- 
agement to agriculture ? 

§ When were Merino sheep 
first introduced ? 

27. What is. said of arts and 
manufactures ? 

23. Population at the close of 
J.'s administration ? 

29. What is said of educa- 
tion ? 

§ What seminary was found- 
ed in 1808? Amount contri- 
buted by six families ? 



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Miscellaneous Questions 
ON Period IX. 

1. For what is period IX. dis- 
ilinguished ? When does it 
begin ? — when end ? — length ? 
How long from the settlement 
of Jamestown to the first year 
of Mr. Jefferson's administra- 
tion ? — from the declaration of 
independence ? — from the for- 
mation of the federal govern- 
ment ? 

2. What States were admitted 
into the union in Period IX? 
When ? What melancholy 
event^ignalized the year 1804 ? 
What war was ended in 1805 ? 
What revolutionary project was 
set on foot in 1 806 ? Who con- 
cluded the treaty with Tripoli ? 
What two European powers 
were at war in 1806? 

3 What British orders and 
what French decrees were is- 
sued during this period ? What 
American frigate was attack- 
ed ? By what vessel ? What 
controversies existed between 
the United States and Gr^at 
Britain ? When was an em- 
bargo laid ? When did a non- 
intercourse law pass Congress ? 
When was the controversy 
about the attack upon the Ches- 
apeake finally settled ? Ilov/ ? 

PERIOD X.— p. 287. 

For what is period X. distin- 
guished ? When did it com- 
mence ? — when did it termi- 
nate ? — length ? 

1. Who succeeded Mr. J. as 
president ? When was he in- 
ducted into office'? 



§ Condition of the United 
States ? What two powers 



were still at 



What was 



the effect of their commercial 
edicts ? From what else was 
America suffering ? What al- 
ternative presented itself? 

2. What important act passed 
Congress March 1st ? Upon 
what condition might inter- 
course be renewed ? Why did 
the president issue his procla- 
mation renewing- intercourse 
with G. B.? Effect of this 
measure upon the people ? On 
what account were they soon 
disappointed ? What procla- 
mation did the president soon 
issue ? 

3. Who succeeded Mr. Ers- 
kine ? Why was an open cor- 
respondence between htm and 
the secretary of stale soon 
closed by the president ? 

4. What decree did Bona- 
parte issue the 23d of March, 
J810 ? Design of it? What 
did it order ? 

5. What act passed Congress 
May 1st? What did the act 
provide ? 

6. What did the Duke of 
Cadore communicate to the 
American minister in France? 
What proclamation, upon this, 
did the president issue ? 

7. Between what vessels did 
an engagement take place in 
1811? Which commenced the 
attack ? 

§ What was the decision of 
a court of inquiry appointed to 
investigate the affair? 

8. When did Congress assem- 
ble ? What did the president 
express, in his message ? Why ? 



73 



9. What battle was fought 
in December? Between whom? 

§ By whom was the attack 
made ? Result ? 

10. When was Louisiana ad- 
mitted into the Union ? 

§ What tract did Louisiana 
comprehend until 1811 ? When, 
and by whom was it ceded to 
the United States ? When was 
Louisiana first discovered ? By 
whom ? Who gave it the name 
of Louisiana? When was New 
Orleans founded ? When, and 
to whom was all Louisiana, 
east of the Mississippi, ceded ? 
What was ceded to Spain ? 
What was this part called ? 
Why did Spain take part with 
the United States in the revolu- 
tionary war ? When was Lou- 
isiana guarantied to France ? 
When was the cession made? 
What did the intendant of Lou- 
isiana forbid the Americans to 
do in 1802 ? What effect had 
this upon Congress ? When was 
Louisiana ceded to the United 
States by France ? At what 
price ? When was it delivered 
up ? Who was appointed gov- 
ernor ? What part of the coun- 
try was separated in 1804 ? 
When was this erected into a 
state ? 

11. What act, preparatory to 
war, passed Congress in 1812 ? 

12. When was war declared ? 
By what majorities in the house 
and senate ? 

§ Principal grounds of the 
war ? Who protested against 
it? On what grounds ? Who 
among the people commended 
the measure ? — who condemned 
it? 



13. What was the state of 
the militar}' establishments of 
the United States ? What 
forces were authorized ? What 
want was greatly felt? Why ? 

14. Why was Gen. Hull sent 
to Detroit? What civil office 
did he hold ? What force had 
he? When did he surrender to 
Brock ? What did he surren- 
der? 

§ How did he attempt to free 
his conduct from censure ? By 
whom was the affair investiga- 
ted ? Charges brought against 
him ? Upon which was he con- 
demned ? Why recommended 
to mercy ? By whom pardoned ? 

15. For what achievements 
was this war distinguished ? 
By whom were they com- 
menced ? What frigate did 
Hull capture ? 

§ Which was superior in 
force ? Loss of each vessel ? 
Damage each vessel sustained ? 

]G. What naval victory soon 
followed ? How long was this 
action ? 

§ Where did it take place ? 
Other particulars ? 

17 Who was commander in 
chief of our army ? Towards 
the invasion of what province 
did he turn his attention? 
Forces collected for this pur- 
pose ? How weie the Ameri- 
can troops distributed ? What 
division did Harrison com- 
mand ? — what Van Rensselaer ? 
— what Dearborn ? 

18. Where did a detachment 
of American troops attack the 
British Oct. 13th? Who com- 
manded them ? Result ? What 
British general was killed ? 



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§ How wcrH tiie American 
forces divided ? Who was ear- 
ly wounded ? Who took the 
conirnand ? Of what did they 
•Sd'in possession ? vVho rein- 
forced the fort? Wliat pre- 
vented the Americans keeping 
possession of it ? 

10. Issue of an engagetaent 
between the Wasp and Frolic? 

§ How long did this action 
last? Wl-.y was the fire of the 
Americans so much more de- 
structive than that of the Eng- 
lish ? By what ship were both 
captured the same day ? 

20. What was the next naval 
achievement ? Off what Isles ? 
For wliat did Decatur's men 
contribute 800 dollars ? 

21. What v/as tbe second na- 
val victory of tbe Constitution r 

§ Wher»^ was this action 
fought,? Why was the Java 
burnt ? 

22. W^hat was said of ihe 
campaign of 1812 ? 

23. In 1813, where was the 
army of the west located ? — 
comn)ander? Where the army 
of tbe centre? — commander? 
Army of the north ? — command- 
er ? Generals of tbe British 
forces in Canada ? Wiio had de- 
fence of tbe Upper Provinces? 
W^ho of the Lov/er ? 

24. Wliere were the head 
(luarters of Gen. Harrison ? 
Flan of this general? Where 
was Gen. Winchester and his 
force? What news was received 
at Frenchtown ? Whose protec- 
tion did they claim ? What 
force did Winchester send to 
their relief? Before their ar- 
rival, \Vhohad taken possession 



of French to wn ? What resolu- 
tion was formed ? Success of 
the Americans ? Wbo joined 
them ? Amount of the Ameri- 
can force ? By v/hom were 
they attacked? Result? What 
iniiurnan butchery succeeded ? 

§ W^here were the American 
soldiers principally from ? In 
what manner were they mur- 
dered ? What wen", denied to 
their remains? What became 
of their remains ? 

25. What was the result of 
an action between the Hornet 
and the Peacock ? Captains ol" 
these vessels ? Where was the 
action fought ? When ? 

§ What was the state of the 
Peacock at Ihe end of the ac- 
tion ? Wliat became of her ? 
How many seamen sunk with 
her ? Generous conduct of the 
crew of the Hornet? 

20. When did Mr. Madison 
enter upon fiis second term of 
ofiice? Vice president? On 
his death, soon after, who enc- 
ceeded ? 

27. \Vho offered to mediate 
betvv'een America and Great 
Britain? Who were sent as 
commissioners to Russia to ne- 
gotiate a treaty ? 

28. What is York the capi- 
tal of? — what was it the great 
depository of? When was an 
attack made upon it by tlie 
Americans ? Who commanded 
the land forces ? Who the 
flotilla ? Issue of the attack ? 

§ W^hat American general 
was killed during the attack ? 
By what means ? How many 
Americans were killed bv the 
same explosion ? 



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29. VVlio constructed For* 
Meigs? Where situated ? /.f- , 
ter whom called ? By whom 
was it besieged in May ? The 
length of the siege ? Issue of 
it? Whither did Harrison go ? 
Under whose care did he leave 
the fort ? 

30. What is said of the war 
during the remainder of the 
sprinnr ? 

§ What IS said of Chesapeake 
Bay .' — of New York ? — of the 
American frigates United States 
and Macdonough and sloop 
Hornet ? — Fort George ? 

31. What American frigate 
was captured off Boston har- 
bor ? By what frigate ? Who 
was the commander of the 
Chesapeake ? What was his 
fate ? 

§ Under what circumstances 
did Lawrence fight ? What ac- 
cident decided the contest ? 
Last heroic order of Lawrence ? 

32. Issue of a battle between 
the Argus and the Pelican ? 
Which was the American ves- 
sel? 

§ Commander of the Argus ? 
Fate of Captain Allen ? 

33. Issue of an action be- 
tween the Boxer and the En- 
terprise ? — commanders of these 
vessels? — fate of them? Last 
words of Burrows ? 

34- When was the naval ac- 
tion on Lake Erie between 
Com. Perry and a British fleet ? 

§ Force of the Americans ? — 
force of the British ? Heroic 
conduct of Perry ? How many 
vessels did he capture ? In 
what words did he announce 
his victory ' 



3r>. When did Maiden and 
Detroit fall inlo the hands of 
the Americans ? What general 
headed the expedition ? 

§ Wliat celebrated Indian 
chief v/as slain by the Ameri- 
cans ? For what was he distin- 
guished ? 

30. What did the fall of De- 
troit put an end to ? Whom 
did Harrison leave at Detroit ? 
Whither did Harrison go with 
the remainder of his force r 

37. What prepared the way 
for the invasion of Canada ? — 
commander in chief at this 
lime ? What was the chief ob- 
ject of his instructions? Forcea 
destined for the accomplish- 
ment of these purposes ? What 
change of plan was ordered by 
Gen. Armstrong ? Wjiat pre- 
vented its execution ? Wiiat 
is said of Wilkinson and his 
force ? — of Hampton and his 
force .'' — of Harrison and his 
force ? What opinion was en- 
tertained as to the issue of this 
campaign ? 

38. How did the British treat 
the proposal of the emperor of 
Russia to mediate between them 
and the United States ? What 
did the prince regent offer.' 
How did the American govern- 
ment treat this offer ? WJio were 
appointed commissioners? Who 
were the British commission- 
ers ? Where did they meet ? 

39. What Indian war distin- 
guished the year 1813 and part 
of 1814 ? Who instigated the 
Creeks? Whatwas tlie charac- 
ter of this war ? What general 
conducted it on the part of the 
Americans '^ Wliat battle con- 



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eluded the war? Issue of it? 
To what command was Gen. 
Jackson appointed soon after ? 
§ Where and by whom were 
hostilities commenced in this 
war ? When ? Issue of it ? 
Mention the great battles dur- 
ing this war ? Give the parti- 
culars of the battle Tohopeka? 
What Indian prophet submitted 
to the Americans, after the bat- 
tle ? What were the conditions 
of the treaty, which Gen. Jack- 
son made with the Indians ? 

40. What were the principal 
objects of attention of the sec- 
ond session of the fifteenth Con- 
gress ? 

§ What was the principal 
business of an extra session ex- 
lending from May to August of 
th« same year .'* What were 
the principal acts of the session 
of 1813-14 ? 

41. Result of a naval action, 
in 1814, between the frigate 
Essex and a superior British 
force .'' 

42. Result of two other naval 
engagements about this time ? 
Names of the vessels engaged ? 

43. When did Gen. Wilkin- 
son leave his encampment at 
French Mills ? Whither did he 
retire ? 

44. Result of the battle at La 
Colle Mill ? 

§ By whom was Wilkinson 
now superseded.'' Decision of 
a court martial at Troy, which 
tried him ? 

45. State of the armies the 
following thre« months ? Why 
did the war languish on the 
part of the British ? What 
event enabled them to prose- 



cute the war with vigor ? What 
forces were now dispatched to 
A merica ? 

46. Issue of an engagement 
at Chippewa ? Who command- 
ed the American force ? — who 
the British force .'' 

47. Issue of the battle of 
Bridge water .'^ Where is Bridge- 
water ? 

§ What is said of this battle ? 
Which force was the superior .'' 
What British and American 
generals were wounded ? 

48. By whom was Fort Erie 
besieged in August.'' — com- 
mander of the fort ? — length of 
the siege ? — issue of it .'' 

49. When was an attack 
made upon the city of Wash- 
ington .'' By what British force.? 
By whom commanded ? By 
what disgraceful conduct was 
he guilty .'' 

§ What was consumed with 
the capitol .'' What bridge was 
burned .-' 

50. By what attack was the 
capture of Washington follow- 
ed ? Issue of it ? What Brit- 
ish general was killed ? 

51. What signal success at- 
tended the Americans at Plats- 
burg, and on Lake Champlain.'' 

§ Which naval force on 
Champlain was the superior .'' 
When did the engagement take 
place ? — length of it .'' What 
fell into the hands of the Ameri- 
cans .' 

52. How did the people of 
New England regard the war ? 
Which of the New England 
States recommended a conven- 
tion ? When and where did 
it meet .'' Who were repre- 



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sented ? What did they dwell 
upon in their report ? 

§ Mention some of the alter- 
ations, which they recommend- 
ed to be made in the constitu- 
tion? Why was not another 
convention called ? How were 
these proposed amendments 
treated by the several States ? 

53. When did the British in- 
vade Louisiana ? How many 
troops were landed ? By whom 
commanded ? Result of the at- 
tack on New Orleans ? When 
was this memorable attack 
made ? What British generals 
were killed ? 

§ Who commanded the A- 
mericans ? Loss of the Brit- 
ish ? Loss of the Americans ? 

54. By what was the news of 
the victory of New Orleans 
soon followed ? When and 
where was the treaty of Ghent 
signed ? When ratified ? 

§ Upon what subjects was 
the treaty silent ? What did it 
provide for ? 

55. What other war was ter- 
minated by treaty soon after the 
war with Britain ^ Where .'' 
Agents of the United States ? 

§ Who commenced this war ^ 
When ? On what pretence .'' 
How did Congress retaliate .'' 
Who dictated the treaty .? What 
were the important articles of 
it? 

56. How did the treaty with 
Great Britain leave the com- 
mercial intercourse between the 
two nations ? When and where 
was this intercourse regulated 
by convention? 

§ What did the convention 
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provide for ? How did a large 
portion of the people regard it ? 
Why unfavorably ? 

57. What frigate was taken 
by a British squadron just be- 
fore the ratification ot the trea^ 
ty of Ghent? What British 
ships were captured by the 
Americans ? 

58. What was the capital of 
the United States Bank, which 
was incorporated in 1816 ? 

59. When was Indiana ad- 
mitted into the Union ? 

60. Who was elected to suc- 
ceed Mr, Madison as president 
of the United States? Who 
was chosen vice president ? 

61. What occasioned a 
change of manners during this 
period ? What was easily ob- 
tained ? What was the conse- 
quence ? What served to re- 
store sober and industrious ha- 
bits ? 

62. What religious facts can 
you mention ? 

63. By what were trade and 
commerce crippled ? What 
trade was destroyed ? What 
occasioned extensive bankrupt- 
cies, on the return of peace ? 

65. What is said of manufac- 
turing establishments during 
this period ? What is said of 
them on the return of peace ? 

Q>Q. Population at the close of 
Mr. Madison's administration ? 

67. By what were some lite- 
rary institutions seriously affect- 
ed ? What literary institutions 
however continued to increase ? 

§ What theological institu- 
tions were established ? What 
college was incorporated ^ 



Miscellaneous Questions 
ON Period X. 

1. For what is Period X. distin- 
:guished ? Wliea did it beffin ? 
—when end ?_length ? Who 
was tJie fourth president of the 
United States ? When was war 
■declared against Great Britain ? 
When was the first embaro-o 
laid ?— when the second ? ° 

2. Which was the most im- 
portant place captured by the 
British ? What signal victory 
<lid Gen. Jackson obtain over 
the British ? When ? Which 
were the principal battles in the 
Creek war ? What battle fin- 
ished that war? Who com- 
manded in this war ? 

3. Which was the first of the 
splendid naval actions during 
the war? How many naval 
actions were there? In how 
many were the Americans vic- 
;tonous? In how manv the 
British ? 

4. Mention the principal bat- 
;tles. In which werf» the A- 
mericans victorious ? In which 
ihe British? What American 
generals distinguished them- 
selves ?— what British gene- 
rals ? What American generals 
were killed? — what British 
generals ? 

5. What treaties were neo-o- 
tiated ? Who was Packenham ? 
Where was he killed? Who 
was Macdonongh ? What vic- 
tory did he obtain ? What vic- 
tory did Perry achieve ? How 
did he announce his victory ? 
What did Lawrence say after 
;he Chesapeake was taken and 
:ie was dying? Where did 



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Shaler and Decatur conclude 
a treaty in 1815? Who was 
Tecumseh ? 

6. When did the war end? 
When and where was peace 
concluded ? What British com- 
mander fell in the attack on 
Baltimore? What was the 
Hartford Convention ? Who 
was captured with his army at 
Detroit in 1812 ? From whom 
was Detroit taken in 1813 ? 
What British general was killed 
at the battle of Queenstown ? 
When was this battle ? 

7. When was th^ battle of 
Frenchtown ? Where is French- 
town ? When did the Creek 
Indian war commence ? Cause 
of it? Character of it ? When 
was the United States Bank 
chartered? What two States 
were admitted into the Union ? 

PERIOD XI.-p. 327. 

For what is period XI. dis- 
tinguished ? When does it be- 
gin .' — when end ? — length ? 

1. When did Mr. Monroe 
enter upon the presidency ? 

§ What was the condition of 
the country? What more is 
said of commerce ? What of 
manufacturing establishments ? 
What of foreign merchandise ? 

2. Who composed the cabi- 
net, under the new administra- 
tion ? 

3. When did Mr. Monroe 
make a tour ? Wliere ? 

§ Objects of this tour ? 

4. When was Mississippi ad- 
mitted into tlie Union ? 

§ Who first visited the Mis- 
sissippi ? When ? Object of 



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Soto ? Who gave the name 
of Louisiana to the country ? 
When ? Who, on account of 
this discovery, laid claim to it ? 
How long did the French hold 
the east side of the Mississippi ? 
To whom was it then ceded ? 
When were the Floridas ceded 
to Spain ? What, at the same 
time, was ceded to the United 
States? When was a territo- 
rial government erected for 
Mississippi ? 

5. What expedition was set 
on foot in December, 1817? 
Under whose authority did they 
claim to act ? What measures 
did the American government 
adopt ? 

§ When and to whom was 
Amelia island surrendered ? 

6. What important bills pass- 
ed Congress 1817—1818 ? 

7. When was Illinois admit- 
ted into the Union ? 

§ Whence did Illinois derive 
its name ? — meaning of the 
term ? By whom were the first 
settlements made in Ilhnois ? 
What were they ? When was 
Illinois separated from Indiana? 

8. What tour did the presi- 
dent make in 1818 ? 

9. What treaty was ratified 
in 1818? 

10. What war was carried on 
in 1818? Issue of it? 

§ What tract did the Semi- 
noles inhabit ? Who joined 
them in 1814? Why? How 
was their hostility strengthen- 
ed ? What orders were given 
to General Gaines ? — effect of 
these orders ? Who was order- 
ed to take the field against the 
enemy ? Whom did General 
7t 



Jackson invite to join his stand- 
ard '' In prosecuting the war, 
what territory did he enter ? — 
what fort take ? — what prison- 
ers ? What punishment was 
inflicted upon them ? Whither 
did General Jackson next pro- 
ceed ? Why ? What plan did 
he adopt ? What did he now 
announce to the secretary of 
war? What did the American 
executive order, in respect to 
the captured forts ? What 
measures of General Jackson 
were condenmed by a portion 
of the American people? What 
did Congress do respecting his 
conduct ? 

11. What convention was 
ratified in 1819 ? 

§ What liberty did the first 
article give to American citi- 
zens ? What did the second 
article establish ? 

12. What treaty was conclud- 
ed February 22,1819? 

§ What did this treaty set- 
tle ? What sum was to be paid 
to the Spanish government? 

13. When was a government 
organized for Arkansas Terri- 
tory ? 

14. What tour did the presi- 
dent make in 1S19 ? 

1.5. When was Alabama ad- 
mitted into the Union ? 

16. When was Maine admit- 
ted into the Union ? 

17. When did the re-election 
of Mr. Monroe take place ? 

18. When was Missouri ad- 
mitted into the Union ? 

§ When was a territorial 
government for Missouri form- 
ed ? Why did an application 
in 1818-19 from the people to 



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form a state constitution f;iil ? 
When was it revived? What 
is said of its fate in Congress ? 
When did the people of Mis- 
souri form a constitution ? 
When was it presented to Con- 
gress ? What was finally de- 
termined ? What else was pro- 
vided ? What was the course 
adopted by the legislature of 
Missouri ? 

19. What defeated several 
important measures during the 
first period of the 17th Con- 
gress ? What ratio was estab- 
lished between the representa- 
tion and population ? 

§ What had the constitution 
provided on this subject ? Of 
how many did the Congress 
consist, who signed the Decla- 
ration of Independence ? Of 
how many the Congress who 
formed the confederation ? — 
who formed the constitution ? 
Number of the first Congress, 
under the constitution ? Ratio 
at different subsequent periods ? 

20. What territorial govern- 
ment was formed in 1822 ? 

§ Who gave Florida its 
name? Who first visited it? 
Who held possession of it till 
1763 ? To whom was it then 
ceded ? Subsequent changes 
till 1803? In that year, to 
whom was it ceded? By whom? 
When did Spain ratify the ces- 
sion of it, as made to the United 
States ])y France ? 

21. What joyful event to the 
people of the United States oc- 
curred in the summer of 1824 ? 

§ What time did the visit of 
Lafayette occupy ? What States 
did he visit? In what manner 



did he return to France ? Dur- 
ing his visit, what present was 
made him by Congress ? 

22. When did the adminis- 
tration of Monroe terminate ? 
Wliat is said of the country 
during his presidency ? 

23. By whom was a succes- 
sor to Mr. Monroe elected ? 
Who was elected ? Who was 
elected vice president ? 

§ How many candidates 
were there for the office before 
the people ? How did the votes 
stand for them ? What was 
the state of the votes in Con- 
gress ? 

Miscellaneous Questions 
ON Period XI. 

For what is period XL distin- 
guished? — when did it begin ? — 
when end ? What States were 
admitted into the Union during 
this period ? What war was 
carried on ? What territorial 
government framed ? 

2. What treaties were nego- 
tiated ? What distinguished 
man visited the United States ? 
How long w^as it from Philip's 
war to the Seminole war ? How 
long from the conclusion of the 
revolutionary war to the year 
in which Lafayette visited the 
United States? 

PERIOD XII.— p. 341. 

For what is period XII. dis- 
tinguished ? When did it 
begin ? — when terminate ? — 
length ? 

1. When was Mr. Adams in- 
ducted into office ? 



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2. Who composed his cabinet? 

3. What controversy arose, , 
about this time, between the 
national government and the 
executive of Georgia? By v^hat 
means was this controversy 
prevented from distracting the 
peace of the nation ? 

§ Origin of this controversy ? 
What did the United States 
agree to do ? What had they 
done ? How many acres were 
still held by the Indians ? Who 
made an effort to purchase these 
lands ? — with what success ? 
What Indians, however, secret- 
ly ceded the lands to the United 
States ? Consequence of this 
act ? What measures did the 
governor of Georgia take to 
distribute these lands ? What 
measures did the president 
adopt to stay proceedings ? By 
what was the unpleasant con- 
troversy finally adjusted? What 
were the provisions of this 
treaty ? 

4. For what was the year 
1825 characterized ? What did 
the spirit of speculation end in? 

§ What was the principal 
article of speculation ? Price 
of cotton ? To what was the 
great increase of this price ow- 
ing ? What other articles rose 
in price ? Issue of this mania 
for speculation ? 

5. Whose deaths occurred 
July 4th, 1826 ? How long 
was this from the Declaration 
of Independence ? 

6. What was the most inter- 
esting subject which came be- 
fore Congress in 1827-8 ? What 
is said of the bill which altered 
the tariff ? 



§ What did the secretary of 
the treasury maintain in his 
annual report ? To whom was 
the subject referred ? What 
did this committee report ? In 
what situation were the manu- 
factures of woollen placed, by 
the bill proposed ? How did 
the people express their senti- 
ments in relation to this sub- 
ject ? Who opposed the prin- 
ciple of protection ? Who ad- 
vocated it ? State of the vote 
on the first passage of the bill ? 
F^ow did the country regard it ? 
What is said of those for whose 
benefit it was passed ? 

7. How many candidates for 
the presidency were there in 
1828 ? Result of the contest ? 

§ What circumstances served 
to render the administration of 
Mr. Adams unpopular ? 

8. What is said of the char- 
acter of the people of the Unit- 
ed States, after the lapse of 
two centuries ? 

§ Between whom may a 
marked distinction be noticed ? 
Who resemble the people of 
large European towns ? Who 
are characterized for the sim- 
plicity of former times ? What 
is said of the affections of this 
latter class ? What of crime, 
theft, &c. ? For what are the 
inhabitants distinguished ? 

9. Principal religious denomi- 
nations in the United States ? 
Number of Presbyterian and 
Congregational churches ? — of 
the Baptist ? — Friends ? — Epis- 
copalians ? Number of the 
Methodists? 

10. What does the commerce 
of the United States principally 



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consist of? Articles of domes 
tic produce ? 

§ Of these exports, who are 
the greatest carriers ? Propor- 
tion of the shippincj owned by 
New England and New York ? 
What States raise the staple 
articles of the country? How 
are they carried to market ? 
To what countries are these 
articles conveyed ? What, in 
return, are received from Great 
Britain ?— from China ? — from 
East Indies ? — West Indies ? 
Whence do our wines come ? 
Whence does brandy ? Is the 
balance of trade with Great 
Britain for, or against us ? 
When was the national debt 
contracted ? Amount of it in 
3791?— in 1812?— in 1816? 
When is it expected it will be 
extinguished ? 

n. What is said of the state 
of agriculture generally? What 
within a few years ? 

§ Proportion of people em- 
ployed in agricultural pursuits? 
Which State has the greatest 
number engaged in agricul- 
ture ? — which next ? — what I 



State next? Which State has 
the greatest number in propor- 
tion to its population ? — which 
the least ? 

12. What is said of manufac- 
turing establishments in the 
United States ? 

13 Population of the United 
States by the census of le30 ? 
Number of slaves ? 

§ How often do the inhabit- 
ants of the United States dou- 
ble ? Which increase fastest, 
whites or blacks ? Which are 
most numerous in the United 
States, the males or females ? — 
which in the great cities ? 

14. Present state of colleges, 
schools, &c. ? 

15, Did our ancestors settle 
America with the expectation 
of forming such an empire as 
we have at the present time ? 
Is there any other country on 
the globe where the people en- 
joy so much peace and happi- 
ness as the people of the United 
States ? By what means will 
our blessings be likely to be 
perpetuated ? 



PLAN 



GENERAL REVIEW, 



1. The following plan has suggested itself to the autiior, as 
at once a useful and^'interesting mode of reviewing the History 
of the United States; and which, when neatly and accurately 
done, may be framed, and thus preserved as a table of reference, 
and an evidence of diligence and taste 

2. Two modes of following out this plan may be adopted : 
the first is to procure a sheet sufficiently large to embrace the 
several subjects which follow: or to draw the plan of each sub- 
ject on a half sheet of letter paper. When this has been done, 
the pupil, having completed the History, may proceed to fill up 
the outline, which he has prepared, following the plan below. 
This mode of reviewing, it is believed, will serve to rivet the 
subject of date-s more firmly in the memory, than by any other 
process adapted to pupils generally ; and, by classing events of 
a kindred character, the pupil will be enabled, upon the princi- 
ple of association, to recall those to his recollection, which are 
of greatest interest and importanc e in th history of our own 
country. 

3. Other tables of a similar character may be formed ; other 
particulars added to the specimen tables which follow, according 
to tlie taste and skill of the pupil. It will be apparent that the 
spaces between the lines, will need to be of unequal size, corres- 
pondmg to the quantity of matter which may probably be insert- 
ed. A wide space may be left on the right in each case where 
there is room, for general remarks. 



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